This pub was established in around 1865. ** At 1 St Andrews Road in 1871 and 1881; Sadly, the Bedford (at various times the Bedford Arms and the Bedford Hotel) was destroyed by a direct hit from a high explosive bomb in October 1940 during World War Two. This is the building that replaced the pub, photographed on a rainy Wednesday in late 2009. It is now operating as a building society, but had previously been a carpet shop. ***
37 Queens Road, Hastings - site of the Bedford in 2009
Kindly provided by Terry Huggins
Hastings pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hastings, Sussex . The Hastings, Sussex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1867/George Lovell/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1871/William Bourn/Hotel Keeper/45/Dover, Kent/Census
1871/Amelia Bourn/Wife/35/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1871/Amelia Bourn/Daughter/9/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/William J Bourn/Son/8/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Fredk Bourn/Son/7/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Alice Bourn/Daughter/4/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Richard R Bourn/Son/3/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Alfred H Bourn/Son/1/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Sarah Foord/Domestic Servant/20/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Charles Moon/Domestic Servant/18/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/John Hutton/Boarder/18/Bexhill, Sussex/Census
1878/William Bourn/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Francis Blackwell/Licensed Victualler/36/Hawkhurst, Kent/Census
1881/Martha Blackwell/Wife/32/Wilmington, Sussex/Census
1881/Edith Mary Blackwell/Daughter/9/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1881/Gertrude N Marchant/General Servant/17/Berwick, Sussex/Census
1881/Emily L Low/Waitress/22/Camberwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Basilis Lufsi/Visitor, Restaurant Keeper/25/Switzerland/Census
1881/Elizabeth Francis Murray/General Servant/19/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1890/Alfred Akehurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Pickering/Licensed Victualler/23/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/Jane Pickering/Wife/19/Surrey/Census
1891/Ann Geokegan/Mother in Law, Widow/54/Cork, Ireland/Census
1891/Joe Gekegan/Brother in Law, Barman/15/Surrey/Census
1891/Harry Walker/Manager/26/Surrey/Census
1899/Hy Edward Darrall/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Jesse Thorn/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Sussex **
1913/Frederick Pink/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Jas Hutchinson/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Robert Stace/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Mrs E C Swales/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Terry Huggins