Cuckoo Hill
Etymology
Cuck " or " Cock " signifies in Saxon, Chief, e.g. Cuckmcre, Cuckfield and 'Hoo' a place or street : hence Cuckoo may have once been the High Street or main road in the Upper Town.[1]
Location
Cuckoo hill, also known as St. Michael's Hill is the high land immediately behind White Rock originally extending far further to the south. The cliff was cut back in 1834[2], and the top levelled for the construction of Prospect Place and St. Michaels Place[3].
In 1836, a Coastguard Station was constructed in today's St. Michaels Place, this being the replacement for an earlier structure in the America Ground.
Images
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WhiteRockc1820
Cuckoo Hill Path T. B. Brett
Site of what would be Robertson Street c1846
America Ground from Cuckoo Hill Pg 215 Hastings of Bygone Days and the Present
References & Notes
- ↑ The Antiquities of Hastings and the Battlefield (Thomas Cole 1864) Pg. 30 Google Books - 1864 ESCC Library. A later edition is also available: ESCC Library - 1884
- ↑ St. Michaels Church - Detail of cutting back of land
- ↑ Brett Manuscript Histories Vol. 1 Chap. 11
