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Asda Stores Limited (/ ˈ æ z d ə /), trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain. Its headquarters are in Leeds , England. [ 9 ] The company was incorporated as Associated Dairies and Farm Stores in 1949.
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Local folk-lore has it that the name derives from the spillage of Roman coins on their journey to the Iron working just north of Hastings. In the early 18th century this was the location of High Ridge Farm , but by 1815 its name was known as Silver Hill Farm to avoid confusion with farms of a similar name on the ridge near Ore.
Hastings, tied with Eastbourne, recorded the highest duration of sunshine of any month anywhere in the United Kingdom – 384 hours – in July 1911. [26] Temperature extremes since 1960 at Hastings have ranged from 34.7 °C (94.5 °F) in July 2022, [ 27 ] down to −9.8 °C (14.4 °F) in January 1987. [ 28 ]
Hastings was an ancient borough.It was given the right to appoint a mayor in 1589. [2] It was reformed in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 to become a municipal borough, governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Hastings", generally known as the corporation or town council.
St Leonards-on-Sea (commonly known as St Leonards) is a town and seaside resort in the borough of Hastings in East Sussex, England. It has been part of the borough since the late 19th century and lies to the west of central Hastings.
Hastings Old Town Hall (completed 1823) The first town hall in the town was built at the expense of local members of parliament, John Pulteney and Peter Gott , in the High Street in 1700. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was replaced by a stuccoed structure which was built on the same site and completed in 1823. [ 5 ]