Editing Hastings (section)

===Historical transport systems===

====Turnpike====
In 1753 many prominent Hastings figures – including the major landowners [[Edward Milward]] and [[John Collier (mayor)|John Collier]] – obtained an act of Parliament, the Hastings-Flimwell Turnpike Act, that allowed them to take control of the existing Hastings-London trackway via Battle and Whatlington, as far north as Flimwell,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.historymap.info/Turnpike_Roads |title=Hastings History Wiki: Turnpike Roads |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806184523/http://wiki.historymap.info/Turnpike_Roads |url-status=live }}</ref> however the first properly recognised turnpike developed in St. Leonards in 1837 when builder [[James Burton (property developer)|James Burton]] was building his new town of St Leonards. The route of the road is that taken by the A21 today.

====Trams and trolleybuses====
[[File:Hastings and District Electric Tramways.jpg|thumb|Map of the Hastings and District Electric Tramways]]

Hastings had a network of trams from 1905 to 1929. The trams ran as far as Bexhill, and were worked by overhead electric wires, except for the stretch along the seafront from Bo-Peep to the Memorial, which was initially worked by the Dolter stud contact system. The Dolter system was replaced by petrol electric trams in 1914 due to safety concerns,<ref name="historymap.info_3">Historical Hastings Wiki: [http://wiki.historymap.info/Tram#Summary Tram – Historical Hastings Wiki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114131958/http://wiki.historymap.info/Tram#Summary |date=14 January 2020 }}, accessdate: 14 January 2020</ref> but overhead electrification was extended to this section in 1921. [[Trolleybus]]es rather than trams were used in the section that included the very narrow High Street, and the entire tram network was replaced by the [[Trolleybuses in Hastings|Hastings trolleybus system]] in 1928–1929.<ref>Robert J Harley, ''Hastings Tramways''. Middleton Press 1993. {{ISBN|1-873793-18-9}}.</ref><ref name="historymap.info_4">Historical Hastings Wiki: [http://wiki.historymap.info/Trolleybus Trolleybus – Historical Hastings Wiki] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114130420/http://wiki.historymap.info/Trolleybus |date=14 January 2020 }}, accessdate: 14 January 2020</ref>

[[Maidstone & District Motor Services|Maidstone & District]] bought the Hastings Tramway Company in 1935, but the trolleybuses still carried the "Hastings Tramways" logo until shortly before they were replaced by diesel buses in 1959, following the failure of the "Save our trolleys" campaign.