Conservatory Blinds in Etchingham

Etchingham

Etchingham (population 806) is a town and also civil church in the Rother district of East Sussex in southern England. The village lies around 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21. Etchingham railway station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Etchingham was a chateau a very long time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the mansion was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was left to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, that were well-known landowners of the time. The Etchingham family documents document that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he gave him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since demolished, stood at the point currently inhabited by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the rock from the mansion was probably made use of in the construction of the terminal structures. There is one legend that a terrific bell lay at the end of the moat bordering the church and estate, which it would certainly never ever be seen till six yoke of white oxen were offered drag it up. Centuries have actually gone by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has emerged. The 14th-century church was originally built within the grounds of the manor; evidence of the moat can still be seen.