Pevensey
Pevensey is a town as well as civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The major village lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay creates part of the parish. It was right here that William the Conqueror made the touchdown in his intrusion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was given an imperial charter by King John and was governed by Pevensey Corporation. With the decline in the town's significance by the 19th century, the Corporation was at some point liquified in 1886 as well as the community shed its borough condition. The records of the Corporation are held 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 or commercial property which had previously come from the Corporation, most significantly the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a town, with a church council consisting of twelve chosen councillors. Three councillors are chosen to the Wealden District Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that represents the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is likewise part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.