Hastings Cottage Improvement Society
The Hastings Cottage Improvement Society was founded in January 1857 by the local doctor William Greenhill (1814-1894) in an attempt to improve the accommodation of existing housing for artisans in the Old Town with a starting capital of £850. The society bought rundown housing, and rebuilt houses to a higher standard for the occupants, the first such property being purchased in April of that year[1]. The initials ‘HCIS’ were put on the frontage of new properties. By April 1860 the society owned about 100 Old Town properties with 110 tenants.
In 1912, the historian Henry Cousins acted as the society's secretary with F.W.S. Culhane being the chairman, the society offering a return of three and a half per cent interest on any deposits between £5 and £5,000[2].
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All-Saints-Street-c1910
All-Saints-Street.-1912.
All Saints St c1921
All-Saints-Street-1921
All Saints Street c1921
References & Notes
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 7 Chap. 62 Pg. 158
- ↑ British Newspaper Archive Hastings & St. Leonards Observer 6 April 1912 Pg. 0002
