carved out of that part of the Castle Cliff called the Gun Garden, which is seen in the following views.
Mr. Thomas Ross, who had been apprenticed to a Mr. Waghorne house painter, decorator, and grainer, commenced his career, and probably acquired his knowledge of drawing, which enabled him to become an efficient draughtsman and a fair artist. He afterwards opened the shop at 6, Castle Street, for the sale of pictures, stationery, and fancy goods, from which address he issued the first edition of Ross's Hastings and St. Leonards Guide in 1835, printed by W. Ransom, 60, George Street, with one view of the avenue in Old Lon-
"A Relict of the Coaching Days."
This was discovered during the rebuilding of Mr. Hickman's premises, No. 14, Castle Street, now a butcher's shop, when a photograph was taken from which this is reproduced. The premises were once used as a Booking Office for the Coaches.
don Road, from his own drawing, and a plan of the Environs of Hastings. His guide frequently augmented, as the town progressed, ran into thirteen editions. Mr. Ross was once in partnership with -
