St Leonards in the newspapers, 1830-31
10 Oct 1830, Weekly Times: FROM THE ALBUM OF ST LEONARD’S HOTEL, HASTINGS TO J——– B——-, ESQ. I slept – and a vision arose to my sight, All was darkness around – the black mantle of night Envelop’d each object that stood on the plain Where the conqueror triumph’d when Harold was slain. As I Read on…
Thomas Laws the flyman: a tragic end
The burial registers of St Leonards church for 1836 lists two burials on the same day: Thomas Laws. [Of] St Mary Magdalen. [Buried] Septr. 17th. [Age] 29 years. Mary Jane Laws. St Mary Magdalen. Septr. 17th. 3 months. No causes of death are given. Mary Jane was in fact Thomas’ daughter, and he had died Read on…
