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At 80 St Andrews Road in 1871 census. Known to regulars as the Imp, this lively pub remains very much in business. Outside seating for smokers. ***
By 2014, this pub had been renamed Forbidden Fruit, but by 2016 it had closed. **
Imperial Inn, 119 Queens Road, Hastings - in July 2010
Kindly provided by Terry Huggins
Forbidden Fruit, 119 Queens Road, Hastings - in April 2014
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
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.
1871/William Hallaway/Inn Keeper/76/Catsfield, Sussex/Census
1871/Sarah Hallaway/Wife/67/Hurstpierpoint, Sussex/Census
1871/Faith Collins/Domestic Servant/20/Warbleton, Sussex/Census
1871/Harriet Harman/Visitor, Mariners Daughter/33/Rye, Sussex/Census
1878/James Watkins/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/James S Watkins/Inn Keeper/51/Barnes, Surrey/Census
1881/Phebe Watkins/Wife/40/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1881/Lucy Martha Watkins/Daughter/8/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1881/Florence A Watkins/Daughter/6/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1881/Charles Still/Servant/62/Patcham, Sussex/Census
1881/Charlotte Still/Servant/61/Hurstpierpoint, Sussex/Census
1890/Edwin A Hadden/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Fredk Geo Watts/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Horace S Row/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Horace S Row/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Sussex **
1913/William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Thos Wm Spanswick/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Thos Wm Spanswick/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris