Robert de Mortain Public House, The Ridge
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Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 5 May 2007
Robert was a half brother of William the Conqueror who reputedly built Hastings Castle. The pub is next to a building called the coach house which may suggest an older coaching inn being on The Ridge (B2093) which was the main dry route out of Hastings.