Tag archives for Cinque Ports
Coronation Fever
KENT BARKER charts the involvement of a prominent Hastings civic dignitary at the coronation of George II in 1727 Hastings had been one of the original Cinque Ports - probably…
The Treasures of Galley Hill
By David EP Dennis Many people in Hastings and Bexhill will know of the orange sandstone cliffs of Galley Hill, St Leonards-on-Sea, rising on either side of Glyne Gap –…
Hastings Helps Halt French Invasion
By Kent Barker In all the commemorations this year of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, another military campaign exactly two hundred years earlier was rather overlooked. It’s one that’s particularly…