Address given in 1832 as Priory. ** This was a proper, very large and very grand hotel in its day. It may have had a bar open to the public, but it was before my time, so I don't know. The hotel was demolished around 1970 and a Tesco store was built on the site. Tescos later moved on and the store is now called Poundstretchers and there's a snooker hall upstairs. Images of the hotel in its heyday can be found here and also here. ***
The Poundstretchers store on the site of the Castle Hotel - in July 2010
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.
1831/Thomas Reeve Emary/../../../Correspondence held at East Sussex Record
Office **
1832/James Emary/../../../Pigot’s Sussex Directory 1832-34 **
1850/James Emary/../../../Correspondence held at East Sussex Record Office
**
1851/James Emary / Wine & Spirit Merchant & Fly Proprietor /../../Post
Office Directory of Sussex **
1858/Mrs Frances Emary/../../../Melvilles Directory
1867/James Emary/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1871/Maria E Anow/Hotel Manageress, Widow/47/Horsmonden, Kent/Census
1871/Lord Blayney/Visitor/68/London/Census
1871/Thomas R Allen/Visitor, Barrister not in practice/71/London/Census
1871/Henry S Starling/Visitor, Commercial Traveller/34/Birmingham/Census
1871/Augustus E Williams/Visitor, Commercial Traveller/34/Weddinscombeleigh,
Devon/Census
1871/Charles J Blowett/Visitor, Manufacturer Tin/24/Coventry,
Warwickshire/Census
1871/Mary J Blowett/Visitor/26/Birmingham, Warwickshire/Census
1871/Thomas B Wither/Visitor, Civil Engineer/25/Tangier Park,
Basingstoke/Census
1871/Robert Leighton/Visitor, Farmer/20/South America, British
Subject/Census
1871/Abraham Widraw/Coachman/38/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1871/Maria Harding/Hotel barmaid/29/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1871/Elizabeth E Corser/Hotel barmaid/19/Plymouth/Census
1871/Margaret Tonner/Cook/25/Abardeen/Census
1871/Edward J Hopper/Waiter/26/Watford, Kent/Census
1871/Thomas Holman/Porter/29/Burworth, Sussex/Census
1871/James Jarvis/Porter/20/Stodmarsh, Kent/Census
1871/Elizabeth Rimpton/Chambermaid/35/Cannington/Census
1871/George Pearson/Pantry Boy/17/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1871/Martha Wines/Kitchenmaid/20/Hailsham, Sussex/Census
1871/Arthur Cronk/Billiard Marker/19/Standridge, Kent/Census
1871/Eliza Tyrrell/Chambermaid/23/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Pertle/Housemaid/19/Rye, Sussex/Census
1878/George Gaze/../../../Post Office Directory
1909/Henry Boyce / Manager /../../Hastings Chronicle, 2 February 1909 **
1911/J S Tanare / Manager /../../Kelly’s Directory of Sussex **
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Terry Huggins