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Title: Hastings and Neighbourhood

Author: Walter Higgins

Illustrator: E. W. Haslehust

Release Date: July 1, 2010 [EBook #33042]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Produced by Al Haines

[Illustration: Cover art]

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[Frontispiece: THE OLD TOWN, HASTINGS]

A few old timbered houses, the two churches, one on each side of the
slope, form, with the castle, the sum total of the tangible reminders
of ancient days.

(_See page 10_)

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HASTINGS

AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

Described by Walter Higgins

Painted by E. W. Haslehust

[Illustration: Title page]

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

1920

BEAUTIFUL ENGLAND

BATH AND WELLS--BOURNEMOUTH AND
CHRISTCHURCH--CAMBRIDGE--CANTERBURY--CHESTER AND THE DEE--THE CORNISH
RIVIERA--DARTMOOR--DICKENS-LAND--THE DUKERIES--THE ENGLISH
LAKES--EXETER--FOLKESTONE AND DOVER--HAMPTON COURT--HASTINGS AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD--HEREFORD AND THE WYE--THE ISLE OF WIGHT--THE NEW
FOREST--NORWICH AND THE BROADS--OXFORD--THE PEAK DISTRICT--RIPON AND
HARROGATE--SCARBOROUGH--SHAKESPEARE-LAND--SWANAGE AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD--THE THAMES--WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON--THE HEART OF
WESSEX--WINCHESTER--WINDSOR CASTLE--YORK.

BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH--THE SHORES OF FIFE.

BEAUTIFUL IRELAND

LEINSTER--ULSTER--MUNSTER--CONNAUGHT.

BEAUTIFUL SWITZERLAND

LUCERNE--VILLARS AND CHAMPERY--CHAMONIX--LAUSANNE AND ITS ENVIRONS.

CONTENTS

HASTINGS

PEVENSEY AND HURSTMONCEUX

BATTLE ABBEY

ECCLESBOURNE AND FAIRLIGHT

WINCHELSEA

RYE

BODIAM

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Old Town, Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

Hastings Castle

Hastings and St. Leonards from the Castle

St. Leonards Gardens

Pevensey Castle

The Gateway, Battle Abbey

Fairlight Glen

The Strand Gate, Winchelsea

Winchelsea Church

Rye

Rye C