Hastings Forum

From the site hammerpond.org.uk . history, 'Wealden Iron a brief history'. I found the following:- The Wealds iron deposits lie relatively close to the ground surface and so were easily extracted by open cast mining. Most extraction took place in the high weald, a section stretching roughly east of ...

I know that the Blacklands area was formerly the 'Blacklands Farm Estate' My question is how was the name 'Blacklands' derived? I thought it might be linked to the name 'Ore' in Hastings, perhaps mining or industry of some sort before Blacklands Farm Estate. Blacklands does not sound very agricultur...