Bexhill People

Born in 1885, in Kilkhampton, Cornwall, Minnie’s early years involved regular moves as her Wesleyan Minister father, William, travelled the country with his wife Rose and family. At 16 Minnie was in Haverfordwest where she was educated at Tasker’s High School for Girls, where she took her London Matriculation (1st class). She went to Cardiff […]

The following is the story of the man and the fishing industry he founded, in Bexhill, in the early 1900s. It closed in the 1950s purely because there was no one willing to carry on the business. Over the years that followed, the fact that this business had ever existed was forgotten until a descendant

William the Conqueror. 1027 – 1087. King of England and Duke of Normandy. He defeated King Harold on the 14th October, 1066 at the Battle of Hastings and was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey on the 25th December, 1066. In 1085, William ordered the Domesday Survey of England. The knights in William’s army

Ebenezer Warburton, founder of Bexhill’s longest surviving business, was born in 1845 in the County of Bedfordshire. He was apprenticed to Mr Heaver of Hempstead mill near Uckfield and married the miller’s daughter, Harriet, in 1870. They had eight sons, two dying in infancy, and three daughters. Ebenezer eventually ran the Hempstead Mill and also

Curator of Bexhill Museum. Henry Sargent was the Curator of Bexhill Museum for 63 years. He died in Bexhill Hospital on the 12 December 1983 at the age of 93. Born in 1891 in Hastings, he obtained a bursary to the Hastings School of Art. His special interests were Natural History and Photography. His first

Arabella Diana was the daughter of Sir Charles Cope, Bart. and in 1790 was married to John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. They had three children: Lady Mary Sackville (1792 – 1869); George John Frederick Sackville, styled Lord Middlesex, (1793 – 1815); and Lady Elizabeth Sackville (1795 – 1870). On the death of her

Bishop of Chichester. Richard was born at Droitwich in 1197. On the death of his parents the family farm was neglected by those who held it in trust, which necessitated Richard interrupting his education to help save the farm and property. Richard resumed his studies at Oxford then in Paris and Bologna. In 1235 he

Bishop of York. Wilfred, born in Northumbria in 633AD., was educated at Lindisfarne, northern centre of Irish culture and learning. He furthered his studies in Rome and took the tonsure in Lyons where he spent three years. On his return to England, at the invitation of King Alcfrith, he became Abbot of Ripon where he

City Business Man. John Lambert Walker was born in 1821 in London. He left school at the age of 15 and through personal endeavour became a very successful and well travelled City business man. His wife died young leaving seven children. He purchased Woodgate Park estate in 1874 and moved to Bexhill the following year.

King of the Witches. Alex Sanders was born in Lancashire and was initiated into witchcraft by his grandmother at the age of 7 and marked with a magical symbol by Aleister Crowley at the age of 10. Alex Sanders was credited with the leadership of 107 covens worldwide. The local coven used to hold meetings