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Tag Archives: St Leonards

The Wreck of the Amsterdam

The story of the tragic voyage of the Dutch cargo ship ‘The Amsterdam’ and its subsequent shipwreck on Bulverhythe Beach in 1749.

Posted byJohn Bostock19th Jul 202219th Jul 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Bulverhythe, Hastings, shipwrecks, St Leonards, WreckoftheAmsterdam1 Comment on The Wreck of the Amsterdam

Borderlands – Between Strand and Sea

These are the borderlands between strand and sea, a constantly changing landscape of endless possibilities.

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd May 20226th Dec 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Art, Borderlands, Bulverhythe, Skagen, St Ives, St LeonardsLeave a comment on Borderlands – Between Strand and Sea

The Crumbling Cliffs of St. Leonards (and other tales)

The story of the Unstable cliffs of West St. Leonards

Posted byJohn Bostock16th Jan 202216th Jan 2022Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Burton St Leonards, Decimus Burton, Geology, George Eliot, Hastings, Hockney, James Burton, Keats, Smuggling, St Leonards7 Comments on The Crumbling Cliffs of St. Leonards (and other tales)

Pre-Raphaelites at the Seaside

The story of how the Pre-Raphaelite artists were inspired by Hastings and the surrounding countryside.

Posted byJohn Bostock30th Nov 202130th Nov 2021Posted inArt and Artists, Tales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Edward Lear, Hastings, Holman Hunt, Lizzie Siddal, Millais, Pre-Raphaelite, Rossetti, St LeonardsLeave a comment on Pre-Raphaelites at the Seaside

Ode to the Seagull

How I learnt to know and love Seagulls

Posted byJohn Bostock26th Aug 202129th Aug 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Hastings, Ornithology, seagulls, St Leonards2 Comments on Ode to the Seagull

Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 1)

Secret Hastings – A hidden Church in a wood and a graveyard full of stories

Posted byJohn Bostock3rd Aug 202124th Oct 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Augustus Pugin, Charles Lamb, Churchyards, Hastings, St Leonards, Wells Coates4 Comments on Secret Hastings – A Tale of Two Churches (Part 1)

An Iconic Church in St Leonards

An article on St. Leonards iconic modernist gothic church designed by Giles Gilbert Scott

Posted byJohn Bostock28th Oct 202018th Dec 2021Posted inTales of Hastings and St LeonardsTags:Decimus Burton, Gilbert Scott, Hastings, James Burton, St Leonards5 Comments on An Iconic Church in St Leonards

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