was built about six centuries ago, on the eminence upon which it now stands. It is a small town, but fill of antiquarian interest and of historical account. Like Rye, it was formerly a walled-in town, and three of its ancient gateways still remain as monuments of its antiquity. There is the magnificent Church of St. Thomas, with its grand monuments of the Alards, a Monastery of Black Friars, a Court Hall, Wesley's Tree, under which he preached his last out-door sermon in 1790. Winchelsea has a most interesting history, see " Cooper's History of Winchelsea," and local Guide Books. It may be reached by rail or motor coaches from Hastings.
With view of Rye in the distance.
A Tudor Cottage adjoining this Gateway was for years owned and occupied by Miss Ellen Terry, the great Shakesperian Actress. Besides the places here mentioned, the neighbourhood of Hastings abounds with other old Monasteries, Ancestral Seats of the Pelhams, Ashburnhams, Cavendishes, Frewens, and other historic families, Old Manor Houses, famous Churches, etc To French and American Visitors Hastings should form a part of their itinerary of England. Sussex is one of the most beautiful Counties on its southern shores, resembling a vast garden.
