Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village 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 also 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its joint with the A21. Etchingham train station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a chateau a long period of time before the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the manor was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, who were well-known landowners of the time. The Etchingham household documents document that William was so happy with his right-hand man that he offered him the land now called Etchingham. The moated manor house, time out of mind demolished, stood at the point now inhabited by the London to Hastings train line. A few of the stone from the mansion was possibly utilized in the building and construction of the station buildings. There is one tale that a terrific bell lay at the bottom of the moat surrounding the church as well as estate, which it would never be seen until 6 yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have passed by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has emerged. The 14th-century church was originally built within the premises of the mansion; proof of the moat can still be seen.
