For ages past the Curfew Bell has been tolled daily at eight o'clock p.m. At the present time it is tolled during the winter months only. This Church contains Monuments to the Memory of John Collier, Esq., 1760, Edward Milward, Esq., 1811, Mary his wife, daughter of John Collier, Esq., 1783, Edward Milward, Esq., the first husband of the Countess of Waldegrave, 1833 ; also two monumental brasses to the memory of Thomas Wekes, late Jurat of Hastings, and Margery his Wyf, 1563, and John Barley, late of the town and port of Hastings, 1601 (Barley's Lane, derived its name from the latter.) For a more detailed history of St. Clement's Church, the reader may consult the many guide books. The present Rector is the Revd. Hugh Basil Cole, M.A.
Copied from the original Oil Painting found in the Maidstone Museum by Mr. Butterfield. (Date and Artist unknown.)
Remains of parts of some of these old houses may still be seen. Those in the two preceding views are the property of the Hastings Cottage Improvement Society, Ltd., and are under the charge of the author. During repairs in these houses, massive oak flooring, 2 inches thick were found, and the laths in the plaster walls were also of oak, about a quarter inch thick. They are now represented by Nos. 22, 23, 24, and 25, Hill Street. Close by this spot Stell opened his Library at Paragon Buildings, opposite St. Clement's Church, on the site of what is now No. 1, Croft Road, occupied by Dr. H. Goldsworthy Shorter. This was in 1780, and four years after he published the first Guide to Hastings known to -
