after success at Battle of Waterloo). 1803: Grenadier Inn in High Street also built to meet needs of troops. 1804: "Newhouse" built in George Street (later to be renamed "Cortlandt"). 1807: Rope making started by Thomas Burfield. 1827: National School built in South Road, Hailsham to replace one held in the Church by churchwarden Francis Howlett. 1836: New "Union" Workhouse built at junction of Hellingly and Hailsham parish boundaries (serving needs of 12 parishes). 1849: Hailsham Station and railway service to Polegate opened. 1855: As a result of an Enclosure Award on Hailsham Common, the Recreation Ground in Western Road was created. 1862: Hailsham Infants’ School built in the High Street (at the junction with North Street). 1868: Market ceased to be held in High Street/Market Square - moved to new walled-in site in Market Street. 1878: Hailsham Board School built in Battle Road (now Hailsham Community College). 1880: Railway line extended northwards to Heathfield and Tunbridge Wells. 1885: Water Works Company started supply from springs at Magham Down. 1894: Austens gun shop burnt down where Victoria Gate now stands. 1895: First Parish Council elections. 1906: Hailsham Church obtained first pipe organ. 1907: Telephone Exchange first installed in High Street. 1921: Hailsham War Memorial erected. 1943: Bomb fell near church destroying the Auxiliary Fire Station with the loss of one life. 1951: Four of the Hailsham church bells were re-cast and all the bells re-hung. 1965: Closure of the Cuckoo Railway line north of Hailsham to passenger traffic. Passenger service from Polegate to Hailsham only survived until 1968. 1968: Railway station closes 1974: Hailsham Parish Council adopted the status of Town Council. 1988: Hailsham Town FC reach the last 16 of the FA Vase. 1988: The Quintin's Shopping Centre in North Street opened to the public, named after Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of Marylebone. 1990: Cuckoo Trail opened to walkers, cyclists and horse riders. 1993: The Hailsham Pavilion Cinema & Theatre refurbished. 1996: Major improvement works carried out to the 1.86 acre Common Pond site began, including the creation of a second central island. 2000: The Hailsham Pavilion Cinema & Theatre re-opened to the public via funds raised by the Hailsham Old Pavilion Society (H.O.P.S.) to restore the old cinema. 2010: The George Hotel, formerly a premier hotel in the town and restored following fire damage, reopened as a public house by J D Wetherspoon Ltd. 2012: Hailsham Market saved