Pevensey
Pevensey is a village as well as civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The main village is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay creates part of the parish. It was right here that William the Conqueror made the landing in his intrusion of England in 1066 after going across the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was granted an imperial charter by King John and also was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the town's value by the 19th century, the Corporation was ultimately liquified in 1886 and also the town shed its borough condition. The documents of the Corporation are kept in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and also a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was created to take care of the residential property which had previously belonged to the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a town, with a parish council including twelve elected councillors. 3 councillors are elected to the Wealden District Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who represents the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is also part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.