What is "hastings"

Hastings \Has"tings\ (-t[i^]ngz), n. pl. [From Haste, v.] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.
--Mortimer.

Old English Hæstingas "The Hastings; settlement of the family or followers of a man called *Hæsta;" literally "Hæsta's People."\n\nThe Hæstingas were an important tribal group referred to in an 8th cent. Northumbrian chronicle as the gens Hestingorum which seems to have kept a separate identity as late as the early 11th cent. ["Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names"] \n

n. early fruit or vegetables, especially peas.

Hastings is a town in the United Kingdom, most famous for the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Hastings may also refer to:

Hastings was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until the 1885 general election, when its representation was reduced to one member. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Hastings and Rye constituency.

Hastings is a surname of English and Irish origin, and is used also as a given name.

Hastings (1893 – June 17, 1917) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion.

Hastings is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Fitchburg Line, 13.72 miles (22.08 km) from North Station in downtown Boston. Service is limited, with only five inbound trains and six outbound trains on weekdays, and no weekend trains.

As of 2015 there is no handicap accessibility at this station, and only 6 parking spaces. There are currently no platforms or station name signs. There is a small dirt parking area just south of the tracks. There is almost nothing to indicate the presence of a station stop except for 2 signs warning passengers to "stand clear of track until train comes to a complete stop."

Hastings was a parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand from 1946 to 1996. The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament. The Hastings electorate was a typical bellwether electorate, frequently changing between the two main parties.

Hastings is a historic town and borough in the county of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 90,254, which makes it the 66th largest settlement in the United Kingdom.

Historically, Hastings can claim fame from the Battle of Hastings, and later because it became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. Hastings was, for centuries, an important fishing port; although nowadays less important, it still has the largest beach-based fishing fleet in Europe. The town became a popular spot for 'taking the waters' (therapeutic bathing in the sea) in the 1760s, and then, with the coming of the railway, a seaside resort.

Hastings was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings South and Hastings—Frontenac ridings.

It consisted of the City of Belleville and the Townships of Cashel, Dungannon, Elzevir, Faraday, Grimsthorpe, Hungerford, Huntingdon, Lake, Limerick, Madoc, Marmora, Mayo, Thurlow, Tudor, Tyendinaga and Wollaston in the County of Hastings.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Prince Edward and Hastings—Frontenac ridings.

Four vessels with the name Hastings have served the East India Company (EIC), one on contract as an East Indiaman, one brig of the Bombay Pilot Service, one ship of the line, and one frigate of the Company's Bombay Marine.

• Hastings was the Indiaman Northington, that Simon Fraser purchased in 1780 when the EIC was done with it, and renamed. She was of 676 or 693 tons ( bm), 99 men, and 26 guns, when as Hastings she made one voyage for the EIC to St Helena and China between 1781 and 1783; she was present at the Battle of Porto Praya. In 1783 she was sold for breaking up.
• Hastings was a brig of 170 tons (bm) that the Bombay Dockyard launched in 1787 for the Bengal Pilot Service. In 1818 or 1820 the EIC sold her to local buyers. A fire in April 1823 destroyed her at Pulau Pasang, off Padang.

• was a 74-gun third rate that the EIC launched in 1818, sailed to England, and sold to the Admiralty in 1819. The Royal Navy sold her in 1886.

• The frigate Hastings, of 566 tons (bm) was launched on 2 May 1821 by the Bombay Dockyard, but not commissioned until the eve of the first Anglo-Burmese war, in which she served. She was pierced for 32 guns but mounted 24. By 1838 she was at Bombay, serving as a receiving ship.

See also: Warren Hastings (East Indiaman)