The Hastings Chronicle

Welcome to the Hastings Chronicle. If you want to find out more about the history of the town that gave its name to one of the world’s most famous battles, then this is the starting point ... and here you could also help rewrite history by sending us emails – just as King Harold is above!

The Hastings Chronicle is a primary database, a source of original information, much of which has not been available to the public before. It is being constantly updated and improved by the editor (Steve Peak), the website manager (Andrew 'Giddykipper' Walker) and you, the reader. If you know of some important events that have been left out, then you can send them to us – and change the course of history! As Oscar Wilde said, “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it”.

The site (which you are using free of charge) is the result of much unpaid labour, and if you find it helpful it would be good if you could make a donation towards its running costs ...

NEW FEATURE - The Hastings Net Shops
The Hastings net shops are unique – tall thin wooden sheds, up to three stories high, painted black, standing in neat rows on the beach. Now read on ...