2 Derby Cottages, 33 Wellington Mews, St Mary Castle

On 2 & 3 Nov 1831 Edward Milward & wife Sarah conveyed The Lower Stony Field to John Bryan of Maidstone engineer & William Sorivens senior banker his trustee. Bryan sold a small portion of it, NW of Stone Field Cottages (plan on deed) to William Brasier labourer & wife Elizabeth for £31 on 1 July 1836; the deed contains detailed convenants concerning rights of way, drainage, cleaning & paving (AMS5828/26/1)

On 27 Jan 1842 Brasier mortgaged the land (upon which he had built a house) together with 2 Stone Field Cottages (purchased 29 Sept 1840 from George Scrivens & Francis Smith bankers) to Horace Martin of Battle gent for £200 (AMS5828/26/2). Brasier died 22 Nov 1848, his widow on 26 Dec & the first property was sold by auction to Henry Vennall stonemason for £120, to whom it was conveyed by Brasier's son William B policeman on 18 June 1849; Maria Kew spinster purchased the second property at the same sale and Vennall mortgaged the property to his trustee William Blackman Young gent on 23 June (AMS5828/26/3, 4)

On 31 Dec 1851 the property was sold to John Brice butler (a bachelor) for £150, who on 7 June 1862 purchased two small pieces of land from William Woolgar Smart blacksmith & William Rogers greengrocer (AMS5828/26/5, 6)

By his will of 24 Oct 1867 Brice gave Maria Kew a life estate, remainder to Christopher Amoore chemist & Joseph Adams of Bladon Oxon baker in trust. He died 1 Aug 1870, the will was proved 24 Oct, Maria Kew died 29 Oct 1878, on 11 Dec an auction took place & 2 Derby Cottages was sold to Richard Dengate of St Leonards greengrocer for £253, to whom the trustees conveyed it on 10 Feb 1879 (AMS5828/26/7). Dengate sold to Charles Gatehouse police constable on 15 Dec 1890 for £200 by whose executors it was sold to Austin Cox of Magdalen Road gent on 13 Mar 1925 for £275 who sold to the occupier Edith Emily Etherington widow for £450 on 13 May (AMS5828/26/8 - 12)

On 14 Sept 1939 the house was sold to Hastings Corporation but the yard to the N was retained (AMS5828/26/13, 14)