Horsfield's "Sussex," stood about 1820. The old St. Mary's Cemetery is close by.
The Memorial Clock Tower is on the site of the former Priory Bridge. The Old York Hotel, formerly kept by Councillor James Hayter, was purchased by the Corporation for street improvements at this busy corner.
On reference to the maps of Hastings of 1291 and 1746, will be seen the Old Haven, which is shown flowing through the Priory Valley now the Queen's Road and Alexandra Park, and mentioned in Cole's "Antiquities of Hastings," as the Portus Novus of the Roman period. It was fed from the Old Roar stream which still runs through the Alexandra Park and carried to the sea through two
The former site of the Priory Bridge. (Now the busiest spot in Hastings.)
culverts opposite the Queen's Hotel. This small stream was open to the sea until the Buckshole Reservoir was constructed and the last Priory Bridge disappeared after 1835 or thereabouts. The greater part of the Priory Valley consisted of meadows and farm-lands owned by Sir Godfrey Webster, of Battle Abbey, from whom they passed to Mr. Edward Milward, in 1812, for the sum of £30,000, being then in the tenure and occupation of John Phillips, his under tenants or assigns. The Priory Farm Estate is mentioned in Barry's Guide of 1797, as belonging to Sir Horace Mann. The first -
