Hastings

:This is about Hastings in England. There are other uses of the name Hastings.

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Hastings is a town and local government district in South East England, in the county of East Sussex. The population was about 84,000 in 2000. Known as a seaside resort and for the Battle of Hastings 1066, which actually occurred at the nearby town of Battle. Hastings was one of the Cinque Ports, but its significance as a port declined after the Middle Ages and its main industry became fishing. It still has the largest beach-based fishing fleet in England. The town enjoyed some modest expansion in the latter part of the 20th century.

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District - South East - England - East Sussex - Seaside resort - Battle of Hastings - 1066 - Battle - Cinque Ports - Middle Ages - Fishing

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