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"the grave's a fine and private place…" exploring Hastings Cemetery

Why not rest, relax and reflect awhile, sitting on the OHPS / FoHC seat, located on EL, and take in the magnificent view.

New Stories

• Betts, Mary Anne & Jane - - daughters from a Hastings fishing family, died at different times, both aged 44
• Gibb, James Torrance - 10 years old, on holiday from Canada, died in St Leonards
• Lehmann, Hedwig Helena - little is known
• Leighton, George Alfred & Family - a tailor who later became the inn keeper of Railway Inn, St. Leonards.  His son George became a tailor in George Street.
• Sandford, Caroline Julia Wills - died aged 81, a stalwart of St Paul’s Church

 

Recent Stories-

• Bullock, Rev. William C Bullock - Rector of Ore from 1897 to 1929
• Bullock, Mrs. Helen Janetta - wife of the above, who died in 1952 and continued to work in the parish in many roles.
• Bullock, Canon Frederick W B - son of above, a prodigious author and rector of Church in the Woods, Hollington
• Smith, James Henry & Alice Elizabeth - searching for and restoring a grave, Landlord of the Highland Hotel, and the Jenny Lind.

Updated Stories

• Alfred Hassam - a portrait painter and stained glass designer who worked mainly in Birmingham

• Makalua, Matthew M (Dr), MRCS, LRCP & Annie Clementine First Native Hawaiian to qualify as a doctor

 

• Mason, Thomas & Elizabeth - lived at Silverhill, Elizabeth a local benefactor

• Stone , William John Brampton & parents - Local; WW1 Died in Military Hospital; William Senior  - “his lifework was with the Friendly Societies”

• Williams, James Frederick - One of the crew Of the Hastings fishing  boat, Pioneer, drowned

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