1. The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
   - battle of Hastings
    
2. A town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
    
3. United States architect who formed an important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
   - Thomas Hastings

Type of: architect, designer, pitched battle, town

Part of: East Sussex, Norman Conquest, Norman conquest of England

Encyclopedia: Hastings, New South Wales