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 | Thomas Carlyle blue plaque in Hastings | Thomas Carlyle Author and historian lived here 1864 |
 | Victoria and James Burton blue plaque in Hastings | Crown House 1828 The first house built by James Burton for his New Town of St Leonards Princess Victoria stayed here 1834 - 5 |
 | James Burton blue plaque in Hastings | Built by James Burton 1828 |
 | William the Conqueror grey plaque in Hastings | Tradition says that William the Conqueror landed at Bulverhythe and dined on this stone |
 | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen gold plaque in Hastings | Adelaide House Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV, stayed here during the winter of 1835-6 c. 1830 |
 | Sheila Kaye-Smith blue plaque in Hastings | Sheila Kaye-Smith Sussex writer and novelist was born and lived here 1887-1924 |
 | Henry Rider Haggard blue plaque in Hastings | Sir Henry Rider Haggard author lived here 1918-1923 North Lodge |
 | George Monger blue plaque in Hastings | George Monger 1840-1887 lived in this house He was awarded the Victoria cross, at the siege of Lucknow aged 17 |
 | Robert Tressell blue plaque in Hastings | Robert Noonan 1870-1911 Author as Robert Tressell of "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" The first working-class novel written in this house 1906 - 1910 |
 | Hastings Old Bank blue plaque in Hastings | In 1791 the first Bank was established here the Hastings Old Bank |
 | Sophia Jex Blake white plaque in Hastings | In this house was born Sophia Jex Blake M.D. 1840-1912 Pioneer woman doctor |
 | Grey plaque № 1226 in Hastings | Edward's Rest for Freemasons The gift of A Lewis to the Derwent lodge No. 40 in memory of his father. 1871. |
 | Grey plaque № 1227 in Hastings | These Nine Houses were erected by Hastings County Borough Council and named Philip Cole Close to perpetuate the memory of the first Chairman of the Old Hastings Preservation Society in appreciation of the encouragement he gave to all who strove to conserve the character of The Old Town of Hastings during this Century. This group of buildings was opened in April 1965 by Lord Holford of Kemp Town in the presence of The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Hastings Councillor D.W. Wilsin M.B.E., J.P. and members of the Council This Plaque was placed here by members of the Old Hastings Preservation Society 26th October 1966 |
 | Blue plaque № 1228 in Hastings | Old Town Hall Museum Built in 1823, The Town Hall until 1881, A Museum since 1949. Re-opened by Cllr. Godfrey Daniel Mayor of Hastings October 14th 1999. |
 | Grey plaque № 1229 in Hastings | This is believed to be the oldest building in Hastings and possibly the original court hall constructed c. 1450 |
 | Grey plaque № 1230 in Hastings | Hastings Wall At the rear of these dwellings may be seen parts of the town wall which extended across this valley. Erected probably in the 14th century |
 | Seagate blue plaque in Hastings | To the East of this spot was the great Seagate erected about 1385 |
 | Arthur Wellesley blue plaque in Hastings | This building was the Headquarters of Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley later Duke of Wellington in 1806 |
 | Samuel Prout blue plaque in Hastings | Samuel Prout Topographical Water - Colourist (1783-1852) resided here 1837 - 1844 |
 | George Wooll blue plaque in Hastings | George Wooll published prints and guidebooks here at "Wooll's Repository of Arts" 1823-1836 |
 | David Garrick and Edward Capel grey plaque in Hastings | Here lived Edward Capel censor of plays, & Shakespearean commentator, and David Garrick was his frequent visitor here. This commemorative tablet was unveiled on June 1:1914 by Stephen Phillips, Esq: |
 | Grey plaque № 1236 in Hastings | Waste Not Want Not |
 | Scrivens Buildings grey plaque in Hastings | On this site stood Scrivens Buildings an early concrete tenement for fishing families. The Scrivens family were eminent in Hastings from 1779 to 1871 as bankers, Freemen, Jurats and Mayors. |
 | Elizabeth Blackwell grey plaque in Hastings | Here lived and worked for thirty years Dr Elizabeth Blackwell Born at Bristol 1821, died at Hastings 1910. The first woman to graduate in medicine in the United States, at Geneva (Syracuse University) New York 1849. The first woman to be placed on the British medical register 1859. "One who never turn her back but marched breast forward never doubted clouds would break. Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake." |
 | Clare Sheridan blue plaque in Hastings | Clare Sheridan (1885-1970) Sculptor, Writer, Journalist lived in Belmont house in the 1950s |
 | Catherine Cookson blue plaque in Hastings | Katie McMullen later famous as writer Dame Catherine Cookson resident of Hastings 1930-76 lived here 1931-33 |
 | Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse blue plaque in Hastings | Celebrated movie stars: Mr & Mrs Michael Mouse once spent their summer holidays here |
 | Robert Tressell brown plaque in Hastings | Robert Tressell socialist reformer & writer lived here c.1901 |
 | John Logie Baird blue plaque in Hastings | Between 1944-1946 'Baird Court' was the last residing address of John Logie Baird 1888-1946 inventor of the world's first working television system |
 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti blue plaque in Hastings | Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) & Elizabeth Eleanor Siddal (1829-1862) Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets stayed here in 1854. |
| Muriel Matters-Porter blue plaque in Hastings | Muriel Matters-Porter 1877-1969 Adelaide born activist First woman to 'speak' in the House of Commons Lived in this house 1949-1969 |
 | Lewis Carroll blue plaque in Hastings | Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) writer and scholar was a frequent visitor to this house, the home of his aunts the Misses Lutwidge |
 | Michael Faraday blue plaque in Hastings | In the summer of 1831 Michael Faraday 1791-1867 stayed at 3 Prior's Cottages on this site. Later that year he announced his discovery of electromagnetic induction to the Royal Society London |
| Blue plaque № 7554 in Hastings | Old Town Hall Museum Built in 1823. The Town Hall until 1881. A Museum since 1949. Re-opened by Cllr. Godfrey Daniel Mayor of Hastings October 14th 1999. |
| Alan Turing blue plaque in Hastings | Alan Turing 1912-1954 founder of computer science and cryptographer, whose work was key to breaking the wartime Enigma codes, spent his childhood here. |