74-560: Norfolk Artillery may refer to: Norfolk Artillery Militia – a unit of the Militia (United Kingdom) 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers – a unit of the British Volunteer Force Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Norfolk Artillery . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
148-451: A general practitioner serving the town's wealthier patients, was arrested for the murder of an elderly widow . Rumours had been circulating since 1935 regarding the frequency of his being named in patients' wills (132 times between 1946 and 1956 ) and the gifts he was given (including two Rolls-Royces ). Figures of up to 400 murders were reported in British and foreign newspapers, but, after
222-591: A 15-pdr Elswick gun which formed part of the escort for convoys to and from Boshof, and on one occasion it helped to drive off an attack by Jacob's Commando on the convoy. The men also acted as escort for the Royal Engineers building the blockhouse line from Kimberley to Boshof. After peace was declared in May 1902, the company left Cape Town aboard the RMS Walmer Castle in late June and arrived at Southampton
296-594: A controversial trial at the Old Bailey , which gripped the nation for 17 days in March 1957, Adams was found not guilty . He was struck off for four years but resumed his practice in Eastbourne in 1961. According to Scotland Yard 's archives, he is thought to have killed up to 163 patients in the Eastbourne area. After the war, development continued, including the growth of Old Town up the hillside (Green Street Farm Estate) and
370-512: A dissertation by Richard Russell extolled the medicinal benefits of the seaside. His views were of considerable benefit to the south coast and, in due course, Eastbourne became known as "the Empress of Watering Places". Eastbourne's earliest claim as a seaside resort came about following a summer holiday visit by four of King George III 's children in 1780 (Princes Edward and Octavius and Princesses Elizabeth and Sophia ). In 1793, following
444-500: A field near the town. It is believed that the minting of these coins may have led to Æthelberht's beheading by Offa of Mercia , as it had been struck as a sign of independence. Describing the coin, expert Christopher Webb, said, "This new discovery is an important and unexpected addition to the numismatic history of eighth century England." Following the Norman conquest , the Hundred of what
518-469: A fire broke out in the basement of the Claremont Hotel . The nearby Pier Hotel was also evacuated. Eastbourne Local History Society was founded in 1970. It is a charitable, not-for-profit organisation in whose objective is the pursuit and encouragement of an active interest in the study of the history of Eastbourne and its immediate environs and the dissemination of the outcome of such studies. As
592-579: A military pensioner's blue Frock coat with red cuffs, and blue trousers with red piping down the side. In 1855 the uniform was assimilated to that of the Regular RA, in blue with red facings and trouser stripe, but with silver/white lace and piping instead of gold/yellow. The ornate badge on the officers' full dress helmet ca 1853–60 incorporated the Coat of arms of the City of Norwich . Busbies replaced these helmets and
666-543: A population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. In 1883, it was incorporated as a municipal borough ; a purpose-built town hall was opened in 1886. This period of growth and elegant development continued for several decades. During the First World War , Summerdown Camp, a convalescent facility, opened in 1915 near the South Downs to treat soldiers who were injured during trench warfare or seriously ill. It
740-527: A storm of protest led by the newly formed Eastbourne and District Preservation Committee, which later became Eastbourne Civic Society, and was renamed the Eastbourne Society in 1999. Local conservationists also failed to prevent the construction of the glass-plated TGWU conference and holiday centre (the building now operating as The View Hotel), but were successful in purchasing Polegate Windmill , thus saving it from demolition and redevelopment. Most of
814-514: A survey of coastal defences in the southeast, approval was given for the positioning of infantry and artillery to defend the bay between Beachy Head and Hastings from attack by the French. Fourteen Martello Towers were constructed along the western shore of Pevensey Bay , continuing as far as Tower 73, the Wish Tower at Eastbourne. Several of these towers survive: the Wish Tower is an important feature of
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#1733086089434888-472: A survivor of the Black Hole of Calcutta atrocity which led to the British conquest of Bengal . Richard Trevithick , the inventor of the steam locomotive, is reported to have spent some time here. Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the 19th century. Four villages or hamlets occupied the site of the modern town: Bourne (or, to distinguish it from others of the same name, East Bourne)
962-585: A total establishment of 183 all ranks. Detachments of men were transferred from the West Norfolk and East Norfolk Militia (52 from the latter) and the remainder were new recruits. The first Captain Commandant was Jacob Astley, 17th Lord Hastings , formerly of the Life Guards , with his uncle, Francis L'Estrange Astley, as Second Captain. Headquarters was established at Great Yarmouth , where it took over
1036-472: A town named Burlington, was abandoned, but on 14 May 1849 the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway arrived to scenes of great jubilation. With the arrival of the railway, the town's growth accelerated. Cavendish, now the 7th Duke of Devonshire , recruited Henry Currey in 1859 to lay out a plan for what was essentially an entire new town – a resort built "for gentlemen by gentlemen". The town grew rapidly from
1110-580: Is Seaford to Beachy Head . This site, of biological and geological interest, covers the coastline between Eastbourne and Seaford, plus the Seven Sisters country park and the Cuckmere valley. Several nature trails lead across the Downs to areas such as the nearby villages of East Dean and Birling Gap , and landmarks like the Seven Sisters, Belle Tout Lighthouse and Beachy Head. Eastbourne's greater area comprises
1184-636: Is also a Roman villa near the entrance to the Pier and the present Queens Hotel. In 1953, skeletal remains of a woman who lived around 245 AD were discovered in the vicinity of Beachy Head on the Eastbourne Downland Estate . The remains were found in 2014 to be of a 30-year-old woman who grew up in East Sussex , but had genetic heritage from sub-Saharan Africa, giving her black skin and an African skeletal structure. Her ancestors came from below
1258-452: Is commemorated by a plaque on chalet number 2 at Holywell. The Second World War saw a change in fortunes. Initially, children were evacuated to Eastbourne on the assumption that they would be safe from German bombs, but soon they had to be evacuated again because after the fall of France in June 1940 it was anticipated that the town would lie in an invasion zone. Part of Operation Sea Lion ,
1332-550: Is currently owned by the Duke of Devonshire and was extensively remodelled in the early Georgian era when it was renamed Compton Place . It is one of the two Grade I listed buildings in the town. Eastbourne has Cornish connections , most notably visible in the Cornish high cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church which was brought from an unspecified location in Cornwall. In 1752,
1406-476: Is now Eastbourne, was held by Robert, Count of Mortain , William the Conqueror's half brother. The Domesday Book lists 28 ploughlands, a church, a watermill, fisheries and salt pans. The Book referred to the area as 'Borne'. 'East' was added to 'Borne' in the 13th century, renaming the town. A charter for a weekly market was granted to Bartholomew de Badlesmere in 1315–16; this increased his status as Lord of
1480-430: Is now Holywell Road via the lane between the present Helen Gardens and Bede's School , which leads to the chalk pinnacle formerly known locally as 'Gibraltar' or the 'Sugar Loaf'. The ground around the pinnacle was the site of lime kilns also worked by the fishermen. The fishing hamlet at Holywell was taken over by the local water board in 1896 to exploit the springs in the cliffs. The water board's successors still own
1554-502: Is now known as Old Town, and this surrounded the bourne (stream) which rises in the present Motcombe Park; Meads, where the Downs meet the coast; South Bourne (near the town hall); and the fishing settlement known simply as Sea Houses, which was situated to the east of the present pier. By the mid-19th century most of the area had fallen into the hands of two landowners: John Davies Gilbert (the Davies-Gilbert family still own much of
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#17330860894341628-613: The Duke of Devonshire . Cavendish appointed architect Henry Currey to design a street plan for the town, but not before sending him to Europe to draw inspiration. The resulting mix of architecture is typically Victorian and remains a key feature of Eastbourne. As a seaside resort, Eastbourne derives a large and increasing income from tourism, with revenue from traditional seaside attractions augmented by conferences, public events and cultural sightseeing. The other main industries in Eastbourne include trade and retail, healthcare, education, construction, manufacturing, professional scientific and
1702-546: The Militia Act 1852 ( 15 & 16 Vict. c. 50), enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under
1776-528: The Officer's Mess whilst artillery practice was conducted on South Denes. In 1883 Lt-Col Lord Suffield and Maj Edward Southwold Trafford purchased the building on behalf of the corps, and the building remained under militia ownership until 1918 (after which it became a Masonic Lodge ). In 1889 the PoW Own Norfolk Artillery was brigaded with the 3rd and 4th Battalions , Norfolk Regiment , (formerly
1850-542: The Scots Guards , was appointed Lt-Col Commandant of the PoW Own Norfolk Artillery on 21 February 1894. The PoW Own Norfolk Artillery was embodied for permanent service on 2 May 1900 during the Second Boer War , the militia reserve having already been called up. It was one of seven Militia artillery units to volunteer for overseas service, and formed a Special Service Company of 5 officers and 134 other ranks (ORs) under
1924-564: The Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances: The 1852 Act introduced Artillery Militia units in addition to the traditional infantry regiments. Their role was to man coastal defences and fortifications, relieving the Royal Artillery (RA) for active service. The Norfolk Artillery Militia was formed under a Royal Warrant dated 2 May 1853 and comprised two companies with
1998-662: The Boer War, the future of the Militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers ) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by St John Brodrick as Secretary of State for War . One of the problems with the militia artillery was that their war stations were distant from their recruiting areas. As a result, some batteries of Militia Artillery were to be converted to field artillery. However, little of Brodrick's scheme
2072-581: The Burne, or Bourne, is the small pond in Motcombe Gardens. The bubbling source is guarded by a statue of Neptune . Motcombe Gardens are overlooked by St. Mary's Church, a Norman church which allegedly lies on the site of a Saxon 'moot', or meeting place. This gives Motcombe its name. In 2014, local metal-detectorist Darrin Simpson found a coin minted during the reign of Æthelberht II of East Anglia (died 794), in
2146-519: The European Alps, during the middle Tertiary period. The chalk can be clearly seen along the eroded coastline to the west of the town, in the area known as Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters , where continuous erosion keeps the cliff edge vertical and white. The chalk contains many fossils such as ammonites and nautilus . The town area is built on geologically recent alluvial drift, the result of
2220-539: The German invasion plan, envisaged landings at Eastbourne. Many people sought safety away from the coast and shut up their houses. Restrictions on visitors forced the closure of most hotels, and private boarding schools moved away. Many of these empty buildings were later taken over by the services. The Royal Navy set up an underwater weapons school, and the Royal Air Force operated radar stations at Beachy Head and on
2294-566: The Manor and benefited local industry. During the Middle Ages the town was visited by King Henry I and in 1324 by Edward II . Evidence of Eastbourne's medieval past can be seen in the 12th-century Church of St Mary, and the manor house called Bourne Place. In the mid-16th century Bourne Place was home to the Burton family, who acquired much of the land on which the present town stands. This manor house
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2368-545: The Militia artillery formally became part of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), the Norfolk unit taking the title of Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk RGA (M) . Sir Savile Crossley, 2nd Baronet , (later created Lord Somerleyton), who first been commissioned as lieutenant on 1 July 1881, granted the honorary rank of major on 17 April 1895 and lt-col on 15 June 1901, became commanding officer on 11 August 1906. After
2442-635: The Norfolk Artillery Militia. He had served in the 7th Hussars and two of his younger brothers were already officers in the corps. He was a friend of Edward, Prince of Wales , and several of the Prince's connections subsequently served in the corps. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war. From the Norfolk Artillery Militia 114 qualified men (25 per cent of its strength) volunteered and were accepted. In May 1872
2516-476: The ORs' bell-topped shakos in 1860. When the busbies were withdrawn from the Regular RA in 1878, the militia artillery were not issued with the replacement blue cloth Home Service helmet . The Norfolk unit was permitted to wear the new helmet, provided it was not at public expense, so George Astley, 20th Baron Hastings , nephew of the first commanding officer and himself a lieutenant in the unit, presented helmets for all
2590-538: The Prince of Wales was appointed Honorary Colonel of the corps in succession to Lord Hastings, who had died the previous year. In September 1875 the corps applied for royal permission to change its title to the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery Militia and to wear the Prince of Wales's feathers as a collar badge. The change of title was granted in November that year, but the badge appears never to have been granted, though
2664-695: The RGA, but was overruled. Although the majority of the officers and men accepted transfer to the PoW Own Norfolk Royal Field Reserve Artillery on 28 April 1908, all these units were disbanded in March 1909. Instead the men of the RFA Special Reserve would form Brigade Ammunition Columns for the Regular RFA brigades on the outbreak of war. When the unit was formed in 1853 it was at first uniformed in dark 'workhouse' grey, then in
2738-518: The Saharan region, at a time when the Roman Empire extended only as far as North Africa. These remains have now been DNA tested and found to originate from Cyprus , not sub-Saharan Africa. An Anglo-Saxon charter, around 963 AD, describes a landing stage and stream at Burne. The original name came from the 'Burne' or stream which ran through today's Old Town area of Eastbourne. All that can be seen of
2812-553: The UK record for the highest recorded amount of sunshine in a month, 383.9 hours in July 1911. Temperature extremes recorded at Eastbourne since 1960 range from 31.6 °C (88.9 °F) during July 1976, down to −9.7 °C (14.5 °F) In January 1987. Eastbourne's coastal location also means it tends to be milder than most areas, particularly during night. A whole six months of the year have never fallen below 0 °C (32 °F), and in July
2886-514: The West and East Norfolk Militia) and the 3rd (West Suffolk Militia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment at Great Yarmouth for annual training in 1889. On 23 April that year No 1 Battery of the corps had provided a guard of honour when Queen Victoria visited the Prince of Wales at Sandringham House . In commemoration of this, No 1 Battery was designated 'The Queen's Battery' on 9 May 1890 by Her Majesty's special command. Colonel Viscount Coke , retired from
2960-469: The area known as the Crumbles, a shingle bank on the coast to the east of the town centre. This area, now known as Sovereign Harbour , containing a marina, shops and several thousand houses, along with luxury flats, was formerly home to many rare plants. There has been continued growth in other parts of the town, and the central marshland has become farmland and nature reserves. In 2009, the new Towner Gallery
3034-421: The borough, which is an unparished area . Eastbourne was an ancient parish . It was governed by its vestry , in the same way as most rural areas, until 1859 when the parish was made a local government district , governed by a local board. Eastbourne become a municipal borough in 1883, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Eastbourne", but informally known as
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3108-582: The bulk of the Regular Army was fighting in the Indian Mutiny . It was sent to serve in the defences at Sheerness in Kent . In May 1859 during this period of embodiment the corps was increased again, from four to six companies. During April 1860 the corps moved to Woolwich , where it served until it was disembodied on 18 August that year. On 9 May 1866 Charles, 5th Lord Suffield , was appointed Lt-Col Cmdt of
3182-520: The command of Col Viscount Coke. The company arrived at Cape Town on 27 May 1900 and proceeded to Kimberley . The headquarters and most of the company then moved on to the Orange River , leaving Capt C.H. Walter and a detachment of 35 ORs at Beaconsfield Camp , Kimberley. This detachment took over the famous Long Cecil gun, which had been built in the workshops of the De Beers diamond mine during
3256-492: The corporation or town council. One of the new council's first projects was to build Eastbourne Town Hall , which was designed by W. Tadman Foulkes, and built between 1884 and 1886 under supervision of Henry Currey , the Duke of Devonshire's architect. In 1911 Eastbourne was elevated to be a county borough , making it independent from East Sussex County Council . Eastbourne became a non-metropolitan district on 1 April 1974 under
3330-590: The end of the conflict it was designated by the Home Office to have been 'the most raided town in the South East region'. The situation was especially bad between May 1942 and June 1943 with hit–and–run raids from fighter–bombers based in northern France. Ultimately, 187 civilian people died in the borough through enemy action. In the summer of 1956, the town came to national and worldwide attention when John Bodkin Adams ,
3404-474: The expansion took place on the northern and eastern margins of the town, gradually swallowing surrounding villages. However, the richer western part was constrained by the Downs and has remained largely unchanged. In 1981, a large section of the town centre was replaced by the indoor shops of the Arndale Centre . In the 1990s, both growth and controversy accelerated rapidly as a new plan was launched to develop
3478-590: The following month. The men who served with the Special Service Company received the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps for 'Transvaal', 'Orange River', 'Cape Colony', 'South Africa 1901' and 'South Africa 1902'. Two men had died on service, one from disease, the other from an accident. The rest of the PoW Norfolk Artillery in the UK had been disembodied on 13 October 1900. From 1902 most units of
3552-597: The highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate . The seafront consists largely of Victorian hotels, a pier , theatre , contemporary art gallery and a Napoleonic era fort and military museum . Although Eastbourne is a relatively new town, there is evidence of human occupation in the area from the Stone Age . The town grew as a fashionable tourist resort largely thanks to prominent landowner William Cavendish , later to become
3626-472: The housing estates of Hampden Park , Willingdon Trees and Langney . During the latter half of the 20th century, there were controversies over the demolition of Pococks, a 15th-century manor house on what is now the Rodmill Housing Estate, and the granting of planning permission for a 19-storey block at the western end of the seafront. The latter project (South Cliff Tower) was realised in 1965 despite
3700-554: The land in Eastbourne and East Dean ) and William Cavendish , Earl of Burlington. The Gilbert family's holdings date to the late 17th and early 18th centuries when barrister Nicholas Gilbert married an Eversfield and Gildredge heiress. (The Gildredges owned much of Eastbourne by 1554. The Gilberts eventually made the Gildredge Manor House their own. Today the Gildredge name lives on in the eponymous park.) An early plan, for
3774-429: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norfolk_Artillery&oldid=1231347950 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Norfolk Artillery Militia The Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery
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#17330860894343848-536: The major landowner, the Cavendish family has had strong connections with Eastbourne since the 18th century. The current president of the society is William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington . Containing over 1,500 articles about the history of Eastbourne, the Society's indexed journal, The Eastbourne Local Historian , is the major historical resource for the town and has been published quarterly since its inception in 1970. Over
3922-511: The marshes near Pevensey . Thousands of Canadian soldiers were billeted in and around Eastbourne from July 1941 to the run-up to D-Day . Units of the very secretive and highly effective No. 3 (Jewish) Troop of the No. 10 Commando , composed of native German speaking Austrian and German Jewish refugees, trained in Eastbourne. The town suffered badly during the war, with many Victorian and Edwardian buildings damaged or destroyed by air raids. Indeed, by
3996-448: The men. The helmet plates were of the standard Eastern Division RA pattern, with the words 'NORFOLK ARTILLERY' on the lowermost scroll. On the khaki service dress ca 1907 the ORs wore a brass shoulder title with 'RGA" over 'NORFOLK'. The following served as Honorary Colonel of the unit: The Honourable Artillery Company of Norwich formed in response to the Jacobite rebellion of 1715
4070-834: The old Southtown Naval Barracks in 1855 after a long dispute between the County of Norfolk, the War Office and the Admiralty . This was renamed Gorleston Barracks . An expeditionary force of the Regular Army having been sent to the Crimean War in 1854, militia units were embodied for full-time service to man the home defences. The new Norfolk Artillery Militia was mustered on 27 December 1854 and embodied from 25 January 1855. In early March it went by train to Eastbourne , Sussex , where it served returning to Yarmouth in April 1855, where it served until it
4144-509: The recently ended Siege of Kimberley . Two non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and six gunners were detached from here to man the two quick-firing (QF) guns on the armoured trains Wasp and Challenger . The rest of the company at Orange River occupied Fort Antrim, with Capt F.A. Twiss and 20 ORs taking up a position with QF guns on the north bank. Eight NCOs and men did duty on the armoured trains Bulldog and Blackhatla . Meanwhile 40 NCOs and men were trained as Mounted infantry (MI) following
4218-506: The regiment did incorporate the PoW feathers into a crest used on letterheads etc . The Artillery Militia was reorganised into 11 divisions of garrison artillery in 1882, and the Norfolk unit was assigned to the Eastern Division , becoming the Prince of Wales's Own 2nd Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery on 1 April. The title was altered on 1 July 1889 to Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery (Eastern Division RA) . The Great Yarmouth Assembly Rooms were frequently used as
4292-412: The silting up of a bay. This changes to Weald clay around the Langney estate. A part of the South Downs, Willingdon Down is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest . This is of archaeological interest due to a Neolithic camp and burial grounds. The area is also a nationally uncommon tract of chalk grassland rich in species. Another SSSI which partially falls within the Eastbourne district
4366-430: The site, and there is a pumping station but little evidence of the hamlet itself, as by now even most of the foundations of the cottages have gone over the cliff. As with the rest of the British Isles and South Coast, Eastbourne experiences a maritime climate with warm summers and mild winters. The local climate is notable for its high sunshine levels, at least relative to much of the rest of England – Eastbourne holds
4440-403: The success of the Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles formed from Regular gunners who otherwise had little role in anti-guerrilla operations. The company returned to Kimberley on 31 January 1901 and sent detachments to man 15-pounder breechloading (BL) field guns in defences at Koffyfontein , Christiana and Boshof (Lt Hon Bertram Gurdon with two guns). Lieutenant L.G. Buxton with 15 ORs manned
4514-401: The surrounding countryside of the Eastbourne Downs . A Bronze Age site of national importance was discovered in Hydneye lake at Shinewater in 1995. Celtic people are believed to have settled on the Eastbourne Downland in 500 BC. There are Roman remains buried beneath the town, such as a Roman bath and section of pavement between Eastbourne Pier and the Redoubt Fortress. There
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#17330860894344588-404: The technical sector. Eastbourne's population is growing; between 2001 and 2011, it increased from 89,800 to 99,412. The 2011 census shows that the average age of residents has decreased as the town has attracted students, families and those commuting to London and Brighton. In the 2021 census, the population of Eastbourne was 101,689. Flint mines and Stone Age artefacts have been found in
4662-497: The temperature has never fallen below 8.3 °C (46.9 °F). All temperature figures relate to the period 1960 onwards. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb " (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). There are two tiers of local government covering Eastbourne, at district and county level: Eastbourne Borough Council , based at the Town Hall on Grove Road, and East Sussex County Council , based in Lewes . There are no civil parishes in
4736-406: The town of Polegate , and the civil parishes and villages of Willingdon and Jevington , Stone Cross , Pevensey , Westham and Pevensey Bay village. All are part of the Wealden District. Within Eastbourne's limits are: There was a community known as Norway, Eastbourne in the triangle now bounded by Wartling Road, Seaside and Lottbridge Drove. The name being a corruption of North Way, as this
4810-410: The town's seafront and was the subject of a painting by James Sant RA, and part of Tower 68 forms the basement of a house on St. Antony's Hill. Between 1805 and 1807, a fortress known as the Eastbourne Redoubt was built as a barracks and storage depot, and armed with 10 cannons. A connection with India comes in the shape of the 18th-century Lushington monument, also at St Mary's, which commemorates
4884-412: The years, the Society has published various books and booklets about the history of Eastbourne, twelve of which are currently in print. The South Downs dominate Eastbourne and the Eastbourne Downland Estate can be seen from most of the town. These were originally chalk deposits laid down under the sea during the Late Cretaceous , and were later lifted by the same tectonic plate movements that formed
4958-521: Was a Volunteer rather than Militia unit. It modelled itself on the Honourable Artillery Company of London and was in fact an infantry company. It assembled in St Andrew's Hall Garden, and used the 'low rooms by the porch' to store their weapons. It existed until about 1740, and was revived as the Artillery Company of the City of Norwich at the time of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 , finally disappearing in 1750. The West and East Norfolk Militia may have provided men to serve guns in 1799, and there
5032-416: Was a corps of Volunteer Artillery at Yarmouth by 1805. Eastbourne Eastbourne ( / ˈ iː s t b ɔːr n / ) is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex , on the south coast of England, 19 miles (31 km) east of Brighton and 54 miles (87 km) south of London. It is also a local government district with borough status . Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head ,
5106-403: Was a part-time auxiliary unit of Britain's Royal Artillery in the County of Norfolk from 1853 to 1909. Its role was to serve in home defence in time of war, but it also provided an active service company in the Second Boer War . Under the patronage of Edward, Prince of Wales , it became a socially exclusive regiment. The long-standing national Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by
5180-421: Was carried out. Under the sweeping Haldane Reforms of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the Special Reserve (SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for Regular units serving overseas in wartime. The plan was to convert the RGA (M) into SR units of the Royal Field Artillery . The Commanding Officer appealed to the War Office that the Norfolk unit should remain part of
5254-424: Was disembodied on 15 June 1856. At the end of the embodiment the corps was increased from two to four companies, with an established strength of 451 all ranks, and a band was formed. With the expansion of the corps, Francis Astley was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant on 1 June 1855, and Lord Hastings became its first Honorary Colonel on 24 May 1856. The unit was embodied again on 5 April 1859 while
5328-402: Was opened, abutting the listed Congress Theatre built in 1963. In 2016–19 extensive remodelling work was undertaken to the prominent Arndale Centre, which takes up most of the town centre, and was originally built by Legal & General Assurance in the 1980s. This was then renamed The Beacon. The remodelling including the addition of a brand new cinema run by Cineworld. On 22 November 2019,
5402-468: Was the largest of this type in the UK during this war, treating 150,000; 80% were able to return to fight. The facility was dismantled in 1920. An exhibition about the history of the camp was held in Eastbourne for several months in 2015. In 1926, the Eastbourne Corporation Act enabled the creation of the Eastbourne Downland Estate . A royal visit by George V and Queen Mary in March 1935
5476-474: Was the route to the north. The area is now a housing estate and the only evidence there was a Norway are a Norway Road and the local church whose sign reads "St Andrew's Church, Norway". The former fishing hamlet of Holywell (local pronunciation 'holly well') was situated by the cliff on a ledge some 400 yards to the southwest of the public garden known as the Holywell Retreat. It was approached from what
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