"British Archaeological Association ," [1] and by request before the " Hastings and St.Leonards Philosophical Society ;" and the members of that society, and many other friends, having expressed a wish that it should be printed , together with a paper read on the Octocentenary of the Battle of Hastings, this little volume is the result.
In Part I., "on Hastings," the possibility of a Roman origin is considered , an attempt has been made to fix the site of the Saxon town, and the passage in Domesday Book relating to Hastings has been investigated with especial reference to the " new Burg " therein mentioned : also some data have been given for determining the date of the grant of the Arms of the Cinque Ports.
The following are the principal authorities that have been consulted on the Antiquities of the town: Domesday Book , or rather the Fac-Simile of the part relating to Sussex, as photozincographed under the direction of Sir H. JAMES, F. R. S.; CAMDEN ;GROSE ; HORSFIELD'S Sussex ; Moss's History of the Town and Antiquities of Hastings; the Journals of the Sussex Archaeological Association, and Miss HOWARD'S Handbook for Hastings.
- ↑ It has since been read in full before the Association in London, and appears in the Journal of their transactions for the past Quarter. To Gordon M . HILLS, Esq., F.S. A., who most kindly undertook the reading, the Author has to express his deep obligation.
