Numerous accidents - First born children - A new road
There are a few more occurrences to be recorded before I turn to those which pertain to the town rather than the news. It was on the 25th of January 1829, that several workmen at St Leonards were seriously injured by the giving way of scaffolding and some masonry, and a subscription was immediately opened for the relief of themselves and families.
On the 6th of April[a] in the same year was born at 18 Marina (South Colonnade) a child named Emma, daughter of Thos. and Martha Robyant Mawle, and, as being the first child born in the town, Mr. Burton, the founder, presented the parents with a silver tea service as a souvenir. The next native-born child was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Golden, and was named at the baptismal font by Miss Jessie Burton as William Leonard Golden. The third child was Charlott, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mann, to whose parent as well as the others, presents were made by Mr. & Mrs. Burton.
At this time, the only public roads out of St. Leonards were an ill-conditioned one to Hastings on the east, and another, but little better to Bexhill on the west. With his accustomed energy, therefore, Mr. Burton set about the formation of a new road up from the centre of the town towards the Harrow, by which means the distance to London would be shortened several miles. This was known as the Harrow Road (of which more anon) and which obviated the necessity-
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