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[[File:Hastings Castle 2012-07-28.jpg|thumb|Remains of Hastings Castle, with the town and pier in the background]]'''Hastings''' is a seaside town in East [[Sussex]]. At the Battle of Hastings, which took place a few miles away in 1066, the forces of William Duke of Normandy (thereafter King William I) defeated the English forces, and King Harold II was killed. | [[File:Hastings Castle 2012-07-28.jpg|thumb|Remains of Hastings Castle, with the town and pier in the background]]'''Hastings''' is a seaside town in East [[Sussex]]. At the Battle of Hastings, which took place a few miles away in 1066, the forces of William Duke of Normandy (thereafter King William I) defeated the English forces, and King Harold II was killed. | ||
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+ | Dr [[Sophia Jex-Blake]] was born in Hastings in 1840. | ||
There was a [[Hastings CHE Group]] at one time. | There was a [[Hastings CHE Group]] at one time. |
Revision as of 05:24, 21 August 2012
Hastings is a seaside town in East Sussex. At the Battle of Hastings, which took place a few miles away in 1066, the forces of William Duke of Normandy (thereafter King William I) defeated the English forces, and King Harold II was killed.LGBT History
Dr Sophia Jex-Blake was born in Hastings in 1840.
There was a Hastings CHE Group at one time.
The Hastings and Rother Gay Helpline was founded in 1987 (as Hastings Befrienders) and the Hastings and Rother Rainbow Alliance was founded in 2003.