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Hastings is an English surname of Anglo-Saxon origin derived from the place where a man once lived or held land, and is likely based on a place of the same name in Sussex, England. One of the earliest references to this name is found in English documents as early as XXXX AD.

Hastings may also refer to:

United Kingdom

 * Burton Hastings, England
 * Hastings, England
 * Hastings Castle, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England

United States

 * Hastings, Massachusetts
 * Hastings, Minnesota
 * Hastings, Nebraska
 * Hastings-on-Hudson, New York


 * University of California, Hastings College of Law
 * Natural features
 * Hastings Cutoff

Canada

 * Hastings, Ontario

Oceania

 * Hastings, Victoria, Australia
 * Hastings, New Zealand
 * Natural features
 * Hastings River, Australia

People

 * Surnames
 * Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings
 * Edward Hastings, Baron Hastings of Loughborough
 * Francis Hastings, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon
 * George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
 * Lansford Hastings
 * Sir Max Hastings
 * Michael Hastings (playwright)
 * Michael John Hastings, Baron Hastings of Scarisbrick
 * Doc Hastings
 * Selina Hastings (author)
 * Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
 * Serranus Clinton Hastings
 * Seth Hastings
 * Smith H. Hastings (1843-1905) (Union Col. and Medal of Honor winner)
 * Solon S. Hastings (1806-aft. 1864) (Massachusetts legislator)
 * Sir Stephen Lewis Edmonstone Hastings
 * Steven J. Hastings (1850-aft. 1892) (Vermont legislator)
 * Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon
 * Theophilus Hastings, 9th Earl of Huntingdon
 * Thomas Hastings (colonist)
 * Thomas Hastings (architect)
 * Thomas Hastings (composer)
 * Thomas Hastings (Royal Navy officer)
 * Thomas Nelson Hastings (1858-1907) (Member of NH State Senate and friend of Thomas Edison)
 * Wells Southworth Hastings (1878-1923) (Author)
 * William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
 * William Soden Hastings
 * W. Reed Hastings
 * Given names
 * Edward Hastings Chamberlain
 * Eliakim Hastings Moore
 * E.H. Moore
 * Frederick H. Rindge
 * Frederick Hastings Smyth (1888-1960) (Controversial American Catholic Theologian)
 * Hastings Keith, American politician
 * Michael Hastings Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme
 * Waitstill Sharp
 * Fictional
 * Capt. Arthur Hastings, side-kick of Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot

Business

 * Hastings Entertainment, Inc.

Other

 * Hastings (genus), a genus of ??? from the family