Hastings pub history index
at 11 Courthouse Street in 1881. This pub has been closed since about 2008. Its future is uncertain. However, it is a listed building. ***
Kings Head Inn, 25 Courthouse Street, Hastings
Kindly provided by Terry Huggins
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.
1832 - 34/David Dunk/../../../Pigots Directory **
1840/William Smith/../../../Pigots Directory **
1851/J Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1858/John Alliss Pace/../../../Melvilles Directory
1859/T King/../../../Post Office Directory
1866/T King/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/Geo Harry Haywood/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/George Hayward/Licensed Victualler/33/Rampstone, Nottingham/Census
1881/Fanny Hayward/Wife/30/Mansfield, Nottingham/Census
1881/Agnes Hayward/Daughter/2/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1881/Harold Hayward/Son/5 months/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1890/Whitfield Sellings/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Whitfield Sellings/Licensed Victualler/46/Burwood, Sussex/Census **
1891/Elizabeth Sellings/Wife/42/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Fanny Sellings/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Annie Sellings/Daughter/14/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/William Sellings/Son/12/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Emily Sellings/Daughter/8/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Ann Tyrell/Mother/75/Hastings, Sussex/Census
Whitfield went on to run the Morning
Star at 128 High Street, Lewes after a short break after running the
Kings Head - he was a bricklayer by trade. **
1899/J Epton/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/John Epton/Publican/47/Horncastle/Census
1901/Mary A Epton/Wife/44/Chinney, Aberdeenshire/Census
1901/Norman Epton/Son, Barman/17/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Henry H Epton/Son, Beerhouse Assistant/15/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Victoria E Epton/Daughter/14/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Grace B Epton/Daughter/10/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Florence M Epton/Daughter/8/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1901/Richard W Epton/Son/2/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1905/J Epton/../../../Post Office Directory
1913/J Epton/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/J Epton/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Sidney Geo Apps/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Arth E Whitbread/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Arth E Whitbread/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Brian Haines
*** Provided By Terry Huggins