Hastings Cemetery - 10:30 by the Cemetery Entrance on The Ridge
Bus Stagecoach No. 28, leaves Station Bus Stop B at 9.56 / Queens Road (opposite Priory Meadow, over the road) at 10.
Bus is hourly, if you miss it you can try 21, 21A, (sorry, don't have the times) and walk from Malvern Way.
1856 Dec 2 - The first burial took place at the new Hastings Cemetery, at St Helens (now the town’s only cemetery). The deceased was well-known local builder John ‘Yorky’ Smith.
1955 Oct 3 - The crematorium at the borough cemetery was officially opened by the Earl of Verulam. The first cremation took place on November 1: Alice CC Jones, an 83-year old widow, of Blacklands Drive.
Come and explore the history and enjoy the natural surroundings and the view!
Old St Helen's Church - The surviving parts of the church suggest that it is of early Norman or Saxon origin – this can be clearly seen in the north wall of the nave where a small window of nine inches wide is seen, giving a probable date of 1150 or before; and although the church shows evidence of much alteration, it would appear that the tower is of late 12th or 13th century.
The churchyard contains the family vault of General Murray, conqueror of the Canada’s and builder of Beauport Park
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