Hastings

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

Local government

Hastings was a borough by 1086, and gave its name to the Rape of Hastings, one of the six Rapes or administrative districts of Sussex.

Related Topics:
Borough - 1086 - Rapes

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As a borough, Hastings had a corporation consisting of a "bailiff, jurats, and commonalty". By a Charter of Elizabeth I in 1589 the bailiff was replaced by a mayor.

Related Topics:
Corporation - Elizabeth I - 1589

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With the reform of English local government in 1888, Hastings became a County Borough, in other words responsible for all its local services, independent of the surrounding county, and long had its own police force. Today it is a district within the administrative county of East Sussex.

Related Topics:
1888 - County Borough

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