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Battle of Hastings

RoyPenfold — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:19:15 GMT

The Arrow to the Eye - A recent Interpretation?

Bar Diva

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File:Sedlescombe Road North c1990.jpg

RoyPenfold — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:21:21 GMT

RoyPenfold uploaded File:Sedlescombe Road North c1990.jpg Uploaded a work by Valerie Churms from Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1557806877879659/?multi_permalinks=4601434890183494 Silverhill Remembered] with UploadWizard

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Air Raids

RoyPenfold — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:54:54 GMT

Known Air Raids

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 ==The Anglo-Saxons==
 The term Anglo-Saxon as used to describe the tribes that occupied much of England prior to the 1066 invasion would appear to be a foreign invention utilised mainly on the continent where it was used to distinguish between the Germanic Saxons and the English Saxons. Splitting the hyphenated term, the origins of Anglo/Angles or the ''Anglii'', the first mention of this term appears in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus. The Angles, along with the Frisians, Jutes and other lesser-known tribes were the diaspora that occupied early Britain. Whilst the Saxons became the dominant group in England, the stand alone word ''Seax'' in old English was never widely utilised and, if used, only to describe the Saxons - the population mainly being referred to as ''Englisc''<ref name="smithsonianmag.com">Smithsonian Magazine: [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/many-myths-term-anglo-saxon-180978169/ The Many Myths of the Term 'Anglo-Saxon' | History | Smithsonian Magazine], accessdate: 20 July 2021</ref>.
 ==The victor crowned==

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 |3 March 1943|| || ||[[Magdalen Terrace]] (Nos 182-186 [[Bohemia Road]])<ref>Hastings & St. Leonards in the Front Line</ref>{{EventDetail|3|3|1943|Nos 182-186 Bohemia Road (Magdalen Terrace) destroyed by enemy action}}
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-|[[Tip and Run Raid 11 March 43|11 March 1943]]||1||20||[[Combermere Road]], [[Battle Road]], [[St. Matthews School]] & [[Alma Terrace]]; this being the raid causing the highest number of fatalities<ref name="mhp"/><ref name="saw"/>||38{{EventDetail|11|3|1943|Tip and Run raid on Silverhill leads to destruction of St. Matthews School and 38 casualties}}
+|[[Tip and Run Raid 11 March 43|11 March 1943]]||1||20||[[Combermere Road]], [[Battle Road]], [[St. Matthews School]] & [[Alma Terrace]]; this being the raid causing the highest number of fatalities<ref name="mhp"/><ref name="saw"/>{{EventDetail|11|3|1943|Tip and Run raid on Silverhill leads to destruction of St. Matthews School and 38 casualties.}}<br/><br/>In addition, a bomb caused damage at [[St. Helen's Crescent]] and [[St. Helen's Park Road]]; the bomb only detonating after travelling “approx: 540 ft” down St. Helen's Park Road to [[St. Helen's Road]] and [[Alexandra Park]]. The explosion caused damage to two houses, light damage to up to 1,800 ft, fractured a water main, and took down 1/4 mile of trolley bus wires<ref>Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/groups/hastingshistory/posts/2319197355593742/?comment_id=2319278838918927 Graham Seaton]]</ref>.||38
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 |13 March 1943|| || ||[[Adelaide House]]<ref>John Busbridge [https://www.facebook.com/groups/historicalhastings/permalink/2582823382034642/?comment_id=2584264125223901 Historical Hastings Facebook Group]</ref>||1
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 |29 July 1944||||||V1 [[St. Leonards Church|St. Leonards Church]]<ref name="mhp"/>{{EventDetail|29|7|1944|St. Leonards Church destroyed by V1 flying bomb. This is the last damage recorded during WW2}}
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-|4 August 1944||||||V1 shot down near the bottom of [[Wishing Tree Road]]}}
+|4 August 1944||||||V1 shot down near the bottom of [[Wishing Tree Road]]
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