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Jackson Hall

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St. Leonards Shoeing Forge

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Property History: 5–6 South Street, St Leonards

Robert Deudney (1801-1883)

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St. Leonards Shoeing Forge

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St. Leonards Shoeing Forge

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Bird In Hand

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Bird In Hand

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Elsie Bowerman (1889-1973)

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Elsie Bowerman (1889-1973)

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==Early Life==
Elsie Edith Bowerman was born on 18 December 1889 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the only daughter of William Bowerman and Edith Martha Barber.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref> Her father, a prosperous businessman and former Hastings councillor, died when she was five.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>

The 1891 census records the Bowerman family living at 145 London Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, supported by rental property income accumulated by her father.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/elsie-bowerman.html)</ref>

Bowerman was educated at Wycombe Abbey, beginning in 1901 as the youngest boarder at the school.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref> She excelled academically, later spending time in Paris before entering Girton College, Cambridge in 1908 to study Medieval and Modern Languages, completing her Tripos in 1911.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>

==Suffrage Activism==
Bowerman became a committed member of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) while at Girton.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref> She organised suffrage events, distributed *Votes for Women*, and even hosted Emmeline Pankhurst during a Cambridge visit.<ref>[First 100 Years](https://first100years.org.uk/elsie-bowerman/)</ref>

Her mother, Edith, was also active in the movement and participated in the violent Black Friday demonstration of 1910.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>

In 1914, Bowerman became the Eastbourne district organiser for the WSPU.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>
==Titanic Survivor==
On 10 April 1912, Bowerman and her mother boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton as first-class passengers (ticket 113505, cabin E-33).<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> They were rescued in Lifeboat 6 after the sinking.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>

After arriving in America, they continued their planned journey across the United States, travelling to British Columbia, the Klondike, and Alaska.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
==World War I and Russian Revolution===
In September 1916, Bowerman joined a Scottish Women’s Hospitals unit serving Serbian and Russian armies in Romania.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> She witnessed the retreat to the Russian frontier and later the Russian Revolution firsthand in Petrograd (St Petersburg) in March 1917, recording events in her diary.<ref>[The National Archives](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7faddc17-6891-4f8b-9004-50df790b0787)</ref>

Returning to Britain in 1917, she undertook speaking tours and worked with the Pankhursts on wartime mobilisation campaigns.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
==Legal Career==
Bowerman pursued legal studies after the war, earning an MA and being called to the Bar in 1924.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> She practised on the South Eastern Circuit until 1938.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>

She became the first woman barrister to appear at the Old Bailey, and authored *The Law of Child Protection*.<ref>[First 100 Years](https://first100years.org.uk/elsie-bowerman/)</ref>

Her most notable case involved assisting in the prosecution of communist activist Harry Pollitt for libel.<ref>[First 100 Years](https://first100years.org.uk/elsie-bowerman/)</ref>
==World War II and United Nations Work==
During WWII, Bowerman joined the Women’s Voluntary Services, later working for the Ministry of Information and the BBC Overseas Service.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>

In 1947, she travelled to the United States to help establish the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
==Later Life and Residences==
Bowerman returned to St Leonards-on-Sea in the 1950s to be near her elderly mother.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> After her mother’s death, she retired to a countryside home (inferred from the same source).

She died on 18 October 1973 in Hailsham, East Sussex.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>

A [[Blue Plaque|blue plaque]] commemorates her residence at 23 [[Silchester Road]].<ref>[First 100 Years](https://first100years.org.uk/elsie-bowerman/)</ref>
==Legacy==
Bowerman is remembered as a pioneering woman in law, a committed suffragette, and one of the most accomplished survivors of the Titanic disaster. Her papers—including diaries, photographs, and correspondence—are held at The Women’s Library, London School of Economics.<ref>[The National Archives](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7faddc17-6891-4f8b-9004-50df790b0787)</ref>
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G. Bristow

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Blue Plaque

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Properties bearing a plaque and people commemorated

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Hastings Rarities Affair

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Convent of the Holy Child Jesus

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-The Southern Water Storm Tunnel project was a £50 million project to alleviate flooding in the Hastings area during excessive rain. The project was completed during 1998 and involved boring a 7 metre high tunnel from [[Alexandra Park]] to [[Warrior Square]] (a distance of about a mile) using two TBM machines, the larger being a custom made Herrenknecht Mixshield tunneling machine with a smaller machine cutting 2 metre high tunnels connecting to other points across the town. Historian [[Richard Pollard]] was contracted to produce a photographic record of the construction of this. Since his site is no more unfortunately, the archive of his photos is now hosted on this wiki. The tunnel boring machines arrived on the old [[Bathing Pool]] site in 1998, being delivered on a barge - this was filmed by John Bishop in between his official role as a police constable:<youtube>mfjJb_uQ38M</youtube>
+The Southern Water Storm Tunnel project was a £50 million project to alleviate flooding in the Hastings area during excessive rain. The project was completed during 1998 and involved boring a 7 metre high tunnel from [[Alexandra Park]] to [[Warrior Square]] (a distance of about a mile) using two TBM machines, the larger being a custom made Herrenknecht Mixshield tunneling machine with a smaller machine cutting 2 metre high tunnels connecting to other points across the town. Historian [[Richard Pollard]] was contracted to produce a photographic record of the construction of this. Since his site is no more unfortunately, the archive of his photos is now hosted on this wiki.
 ===Breakthrough===
 As the main tunnel boring machine broke through at [[Warrior Square]] a news report appeared on the television in 1999.
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 Due to concerns about the vibration affecting the foundations of the properties, and possibly other structural defects, Nos 11-19 [[Braybrooke Terrace]] were demolished in July 1999
 == February 2010 Failure ==
 After over two inches of rain fell on the [[Date::21 Feb 2010]], the tunnel between [[Warrior Square]] and [[Alexandra Park]] became full to capacity (52 Million Litres). This combined with an exceptionally high tide, overcame a man-hole on the connection between the pumps and the outfall by [[Warrior Square]], resulting in the underground car park being flooded and necessitating over 3 miles of the A259 to be closed by police whilst water was pumped out and the road surface repaired.<ref>[https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/seafront-road-submerged-after-warrior-square-drain-bursts-1-1454803 https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk]</ref>{{EventDetail|21|2|2010|Storm drain filled, resulting in 3 miles of the A259 being closed}}

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 === Early Ownership (1851) ===
-In February 1851, the Eversfield Estate conveyed parts of Gensing Farm to Robert Deudney.
+In February 1851, the Eversfield Estate conveyed parts of [[Gensing Farm]] to [[Robert Deudney (1801-1883)|Robert Deudney]], who took over the running of the farm from his father.
 On 2 May 1851, Deudney sold a plot of building land (shown on a plan) to James Ranger, a blacksmith<ref name="Keep">{{TheKeep|ACC 12622/12}}</ref>.
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-Robert Deudney was a farm-owner, taking over the running of [[Gensing Farm]] from his father (the 1851 Census lists him as managing 787 acres and employing 26 men). Robert was possibly connected with the [[White Rock Brewery]], although this was mainly his brother Charles' enterprise. He served as Commissioner for St. Leonards on many occasions - assisting [[James Burton (1761-1837)|James Burton]] in measuring and laying out plots for the new town - and held many public positions including that of representative of the Eversfield Estate; taking this role between 1844 and 1863<ref name="BNA10">{{BNA|0000293/18781228/002/0003}}</ref>, a Conservative Councillor until his resignation in 1854 citing his private work - this also required him to step down from the St Leonards Commissioners<ref name="BNA10"/>, chairman of the Gas Company<ref name="BNA">{{BNA|0000292/18710916/006/0002}}</ref>, member of the Highways Board and Board of Guardians to name but a few<ref name="OBIT"/>. As his father, and grandfather before him had served, Robert acted as chair of the St. Mary Magdalen vestry meetings - presenting a vestry and account book dating back to 1767 to the church in 1857<ref>Brett Manuscript Histories [[Brett Volume 6: Chapter LVII - St. Leonards 1857#77|Vol. 6 Chap. 57]]</ref>.
+Robert Deudney was a farm-owner, taking over the running of [[Gensing Farm]] from his father (the 1851 Census lists him as managing 787 acres and employing 26 men, with Robert purchasing part of the farm outright from the Eversfield estate). Robert was possibly connected with the [[White Rock Brewery]], although this was mainly his brother Charles' enterprise. He served as Commissioner for St. Leonards on many occasions - assisting [[James Burton (1761-1837)|James Burton]] in measuring and laying out plots for the new town - and held many public positions including that of representative of the Eversfield Estate; taking this role between 1844 and 1863<ref name="BNA10">{{BNA|0000293/18781228/002/0003}}</ref>, a Conservative Councillor until his resignation in 1854 citing his private work - this also required him to step down from the St Leonards Commissioners<ref name="BNA10"/>, chairman of the Gas Company<ref name="BNA">{{BNA|0000292/18710916/006/0002}}</ref>, member of the Highways Board and Board of Guardians to name but a few<ref name="OBIT"/>. As his father, and grandfather before him had served, Robert acted as chair of the St. Mary Magdalen vestry meetings - presenting a vestry and account book dating back to 1767 to the church in 1857<ref>Brett Manuscript Histories [[Brett Volume 6: Chapter LVII - St. Leonards 1857#77|Vol. 6 Chap. 57]]</ref>.
 He resided at Gensing Farmhouse for sixty years of his life, only moving out when a builder dug under the foundations of the drawing room making the building unsafe<ref name="OBIT"/>. Robert and his wife had two daughters - Caroline (1807-) and Ellen (1836-).

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 ==Early Life==
 Elsie Edith Bowerman was born on 18 December 1889 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the only daughter of William Bowerman and Edith Martha Barber.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref> Her father, a prosperous businessman and former Hastings councillor, died when she was five.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>
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 After arriving in America, they continued their planned journey across the United States, travelling to British Columbia, the Klondike, and Alaska.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
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+==World War I and Russian Revolution==
 In September 1916, Bowerman joined a Scottish Women’s Hospitals unit serving Serbian and Russian armies in Romania.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> She witnessed the retreat to the Russian frontier and later the Russian Revolution firsthand in Petrograd (St Petersburg) in March 1917, recording events in her diary.<ref>[The National Archives](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7faddc17-6891-4f8b-9004-50df790b0787)</ref>
 Returning to Britain in 1917, she undertook speaking tours and worked with the Pankhursts on wartime mobilisation campaigns.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
 ==Legal Career==
 Bowerman pursued legal studies after the war, earning an MA and being called to the Bar in 1924.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> She practised on the South Eastern Circuit until 1938.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
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 In 1947, she travelled to the United States to help establish the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref>
 ==Later Life and Residences==
-Bowerman returned to St Leonards-on-Sea in the 1950s to be near her elderly mother.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> After her mother’s death, she retired to a countryside home (inferred from the same source).
+Bowerman returned to St Leonards-on-Sea in the 1950s to be near her elderly mother.<ref>[Encyclopedia Titanica](https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/elsie-edith-bowerman.html)</ref> After her mother’s death, she retired to a countryside home near Hailsham.
 She died on 18 October 1973 in Hailsham, East Sussex.<ref>[en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman)</ref>
 A [[Blue Plaque|blue plaque]] commemorates her residence at 23 [[Silchester Road]].<ref>[First 100 Years](https://first100years.org.uk/elsie-bowerman/)</ref>
 ==Legacy==
 Bowerman is remembered as a pioneering woman in law, a committed suffragette, and one of the most accomplished survivors of the Titanic disaster. Her papers—including diaries, photographs, and correspondence—are held at The Women’s Library, London School of Economics.<ref>[The National Archives](https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7faddc17-6891-4f8b-9004-50df790b0787)</ref>
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-In August 1962, an ornithological journal entitled ‘British Birds’ published two articles examining the topic of some rare birds that had been reported as being found in the Hastings area between 1890 and 1930. The authors, Max Nicholson and James Ferguson-Lees, aimed to prove, by statistical analysis and comparison of records, that many, if not all, of the rare birds that had been recorded as being found in the Hastings area were the result of a deliberate deception carried out by George Bristow, a taxidermist of St. Leonards. It was suspected that Bristow had the birds shipped to him in a frozen condition and later stuffed them, intending them to be a portrayal of actual finds.<ref>{{BNA|0001578/19620818/024/0008}}</ref>
+In August 1962, an ornithological journal entitled ‘British Birds’ published two articles examining the topic of some rare birds that had been reported as being found in the Hastings area between 1890 and 1930. The authors, Max Nicholson and James Ferguson-Lees, aimed to prove, by statistical analysis and comparison of records, that many, if not all, of the rare birds that had been recorded as being found in the Hastings area were the result of a deliberate deception carried out by [[G. Bristow|George Bristow]], a taxidermist of St. Leonards. It was suspected that Bristow had the birds shipped to him in a frozen condition and later stuffed them, intending them to be a portrayal of actual finds.<ref>{{BNA|0001578/19620818/024/0008}}</ref>
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 The site remained in educational use for some time but later fell into disrepair. By the early 21st century, several buildings were derelict. The chapel, however, remains a Grade II\* listed structure and is recognised for its architectural and historical significance.<ref>Historic England, “Chapel to the Former Convent of the Holy Child Jesus”, List Entry 1043430.</ref>
-In 2025, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1867679970464514 urban explorers] reported vandalism in the former convent library, prompting a cleanup effort involving local volunteers, this being followed by the setting up of an community group to seek better preservation of the buildings.
+In 2025, [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1867679970464514 urban explorers] reported vandalism in the former convent library, prompting a cleanup effort involving local volunteers, this being followed by the setting up of an community group to seek better preservation of the buildings. A fire broke out in one of the newer buildings of the convent in the early evening of 9th July 2026 severely damaging the building.
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