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By Angela Gooch on May 10th, 2009

1526
Skegness completely washed away by tides and storm

1526+
Stones from original St Clement’s Church, which stood about half-a-mile into the sea, salvaged and used to rebuild a new church.

1770
Skegness Hotel is built (known as the Enderby Hotel in 1828 and later became the Vine Hotel)

c1780
Skegness House (Moat House) was built by Rev Edward Walls and occupied by his daughter, Mary Walls

pre 1787
A whitewashed cottage stood in St Clement’s Churchyard, where the car park is today.

1816
A 24-pounder brass mortar for firing lifelines established at Skegness, on the recommendation of Captain George Mamby, its inventor

1825
Skegness Lifeboat and Coast Guard introduced – boats of the Lincolnshire Coast Shipwreck Association
Lifeboat stationed at Gibraltar Point
Coxswain of Skegness Lifeboat is William Scupholm

1826
An early 1826 engraving of Skegness

1828
Joseph and Sarah Hildred landlord of New Hotel (built early 1800s and the second hotel in Skegness) later called the Hildred’s Hotel

1829
Village school opened on Roman Bank

1930s
Ship Hotel is built at the junction of Burgh Road and Roman Bank Landlord Thomas Hutton

1830
Coxswain of Skegness Lifeboat is Samuel Moody
Lifeboat station moved to Skegness from Gibraltar Point to where Lifeboat Avenue is now

1833 31st August
Great storm at sea lifeboat saved 10 lives 20 bodies washed ashore

1841
Census taken

1848
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in High Street

c1850
Enderby Hotel becomes Vine Hotel

1851
Census taken – 366 inhabitants of Skegness
Arkin Moody , carrier, took goods and passengers to Spilsby market every Monday

1856
Entry about Skegness in the White’s Lincolnshire Directory
Richard Millson landlord of the Vine Hotel

1858
Rev Edward Steere curate of Skegness see also memorial window in St Clement’s Church

1859
Coastguard Station built at Gibraltar Point

1860
Samuel Moody tried for the murder of Elijah Lynn (March 1860)
Lumley Square was called ‘Leather Hill‘ and was described as the village green

1862
Sea View Hotel opens owned by Hobson Dunkley

1864
Lincolnshire Coast Shipwreck Association merged with RNLI due to financial difficulty
Lifeboat station built on South Parade Skegness
Skegness Lifeboat – Herbert Ingram

1870s
Beach Fairground Constructed

1870
Skegness and District Pig Club formed

1871
Coxswain of Skegness Lifeboat is John Thomas Green
Pig Club is formed (first club to be formed)

<1873
Skegness consisted of two roads only – High Street and Roman Bank

1873
Firsby and Wainfleet railway was extended into Skegness, first train arriving in Skegness on 28th July

1874
George Morley’s Chemist established in Skegness
Skegness Lifeboat – Herbert Ingram II (1874 – 1888)

1875
H V Tippet, agent to the Earl of Scarbrough, conceived the idea of town planning Skegness

1876
Photograph by Walter Smyth showing Lumley Square (which used to be called ‘Leather Hill’) and High Street. The building under construction is the Wesleyan Chapel opened that summer. The signpost points to Wainfleet, Burgh and The Sea.
Wesleyan Chapel opens west end of High Street Skegness on the site of an earlier chapel

1877
Steam Laundry established
Skegness pier Company formed
Coxswain of Skegness Lifeboat is Joseph Moody

1878
Skegness gasworks opened
First Skegness town plans drawn up
Pleasure Gardens (Tower Gardens) officially opened on May 27th

1879
Frederica Terrace completed – the only building on Grand Parade
First foundation stone of St Matthew’s Church laid
Sewerage works completed at Cow Bank (furthest end of Richmond Drive)
Pavilion opened in the Pleasure Gardens, ran by Coun John Green (Methodist) and later Fred Trevitt
Building of first Church of England schools commenced in Skegness
Grand Parade completed
The building of the pier began

<1879
Tower Esplanade was called ‘Beacon Hill’ (ref SS 1964)

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