owners of the Lime Kilns ; lime-burning being an extensive industry at the time.
The Baptist Chapel was built there by a Mr. Fletcher, in 1838, as a thank offering for the recovery of his daughter from a serious illness. The houses were readily let at rents ranging from £80 to £100 a year, and were largely occupied by Doctors and other well-to-do residents. The Castle Hotel with spacious stabling ran down to Meadow Road, and was for many years carried on by the late Mr. George Gaze, who sold a portion of the site to the Castle Hotel
Co., Ltd., and built the Gaiety Theatre and Gaiety Hotel on the Queen's Road frontage. The Theatre is also in the hands of a Limited Company. At the north-east corner of the Square is an opening leading to the West Hill and Hastings Castle, and going in this direction was the site of the ancient Church of "Saint Andrew before the Castle," the ruins of which, according to -
