Friends of Hastings Cemetery

Friends

Of

Hastings

Cemetery

Thomas Elworthy

An incomplete list of works:

• - Memorial Chapel [Baptist], Bank Buildings. 1864/65.
• - University School, Holmesdale Gardens.
• - Croft Congregational Chapel. 1877.
• - Mount Pleasant Congregational Church. 1877-79.
• - Chapel Park Road Baptist Church. 1882/83.
• - Sussex Hotel, Marina.

“Thomas W Elworthy of the firm Elworthy and Sons of St Leonards on Sea, who also designed several other churches in Hastings and St Leonards.  Elworthy himself was an active teetotaller, Congregationalist and amateur geologist.

He later pointed out that the upper Brede Valley was likely to be able to provide large sources of underground water for Hastings, which was running short of water as it rapidly expanded as a sea-bathing resort. This led to drilling of three deep bores at Brede and the installation in 1904 of the first of the ‘Brede Giant’ steam pumps2 to move the water from Brede to Fairlight and Baldslow.  The giants were also used later to pump the water from the 1930s Powdermill Reservoir at Brede.”
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The link above discusses Elworthy’s churches, with photos and other interesting information.

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