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| 1839. | Infirmary erected. Completed 1841. |
| 1840. | The Emperor of the French at Hastings. |
| 1844. | (March 2.) Meeting at Hastings to promote a railway from Headcorn, Tenterden and Rye to Hastings. |
| 1845. | Fairlight Church re-built. |
| 1845. | Brighton and Hastings Railway opened. |
| 1848. | Drinking Fountain erected at the East Well from surplus of fund raised to relieve sufferers from a fire. |
| 1848. | "The Hastings News" (Ransom's) first issued May 5th. |
| 1850. | Eversfield Place, Robertson Street, and Carlisle Parade began. |
| 1851. | Railway to Hastings completed. The station stands on ground that was once a boggy reed-bed. Eversfield Place and Robertson Street commenced, the latter on the America Ground, held on lease from the Crown. |
| 1852. | St. Mary Magdalen Church consecrated. |
| 1853. | Custom House erected on the beach near the Fishmarket. |
| 1854. | " Old Humphrey " died. |
| 1854. | The Fisherman's Church erected in Rock-a-Nore Road. First Incumbent, the Rev. J. Tanner. |
| 1854. | Post Office removed from George Street to Wellington Place. |
| 1855. | Proposal by Mayor of St. Valerie to establish commercial relations between that town and Hastings. |
| 1855. | Ex-Queen of the French at St. Leonards. Queen Victoria passes through Hastings and received Address from Mayor, August 9th. |
| 1856. | Borough Cemetery at Ore opened; area, about 70 acres. |
| 1856. | Congregational Chapel, Robertson Street, built. |
| 1857. | St. Clement's Churchyard finally closed for burials. |
| 1857. | First stone of Holy Trinity Church laid. |
| 1858. | (September 29th.) Opening of Holy Trinity Church. |
| 1858. | Music Hall (now Public Hall) opened. |
| 1859. | Christ Church St. Leonards commenced. discontinued two or three years previously. |
| 1859. | All Saints Churchyard partially - closed the eastern portion allowed to be used a few years longer, there being much vacant ground. |
| 1860. | Volunteer Corps formed. |
| 1862. | (August 10th.) Opening of the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church. |
| 1862. | Queen's Hotel opened. |
| 1862. | Albert Memorial erected by public subscription cost £860. Completed 1864. |
| 1863. | Ragged Schools opened in Tackleway. Old Gaol in Court House Street pulled down. Police Station erected on its site. |
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