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Hastings (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 51 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 36 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 0.6000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Famed as site of battle in connection with the Norman conquest of England. Was premier port among medieval Cinque Ports; incorporated with town of St. Leonards; was refuge of Napoleon III & Empress Eugenie on their flight from France in 1870; today is a popular seaside resort; noted for prehistoric earthworks and medieval castle on the site of the town. |
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| Hastings (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Hastingas (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 8th cen., derived from the Old English tribal name Hæstingas |
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Hastings (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since prehistoric times |
| town (C) |
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| resort center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| prehistoric site (C) |
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| battlefield (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| possibly identified as .... |
Haestingaceaster .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Europe, United Kingdom, England, East Sussex) [7594407] |
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