Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a town as well as civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex in southerly England. The village lies approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its joint with the A21. Etchingham train station gets on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a manor a very long time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; hereafter time the estate was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was left to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) household, that were popular landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family members documents record that William was so happy with his right-hand man that he offered him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since knocked down, stood at the point currently occupied by the London to Hastings railway line. Several of the stone from the chateau was most likely utilized in the construction of the terminal structures. There is one legend that a fantastic bell lay at the end of the moat surrounding the church and also manor, which it would certainly never ever be seen until 6 yoke of white oxen were offered drag it up. Centuries have passed by, the moat is long gone and no bell has surfaced. The 14th-century church was originally constructed within the grounds of the mansion; evidence of the moat can still be seen.
