with the letters H.C.I.S. on it, and reading Ross's description, that it was No. 117, All Saints' Street, and had been partly pulled down in 1838, it was apparent to me Ross had either chosen for his illustration the wrong view, or he had fallen into error in his description as to the number. I pointed out this fact to the Archaeologists upon
the occasion of their visit to Hastings in 1902, when I had the honour of describing to them the old houses still existing in the town.
The house represented in Ross's view may still be seen, being Nos. 125-6, All Saints' Street ; they were until recently under my charge as Manager of the H.C.I.S., but have been sold, and bear the mark-
as it appears to-day, with the letters H.C.I.S., as in Ross's View, with Passage at the end leading to Wood's Row.
H.C.I.S. These have always been known to the oldest inhabitants as " Mrs. Shovell's House." Mr. Alfred Bryant, an old Hastinger, 82 years of age, now residing at Enfield, who still possesses a wonderful memory, informs me he was born at No 128, a few doors from Mrs. Shovell's House, and has corroborated the tradition as to -
