More information : The ancient town of Hastings, shown on the earlier maps,
consisted simply of two parallel streets converging at the upper
end, High Street and All Saints Street, connected by various
cross-lanes and the Bourne Stream running down the valley between
them. This was still the extent of Hastings in the mid-18th c.
The old town was protected towards the sea by a wall which stretched
across the mouth of the valley from the Castle headland to the
East Cliff. The Wall was provided with towers at each end and had
3 gates (1).
(See Map Diagram)
(See map of land surfaces in Md times) (2) (1-2)
See town diagram for details of Md Hastings surviving within the
present town.
Published survey (1:1250) revised. (3)
Hastings is mentioned in 1086 as four burgesses. During the period 1155-8 a charter of HenryII was granted to his barons as free men.(4) |