Pevensey
Pevensey is a town as well as civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The primary town lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish. It was here that William the Conqueror made the landing in his intrusion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was approved an imperial charter by King John as well as was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decline in the community's significance by the 19th century, the Corporation was eventually dissolved in 1886 as well as the community lost its borough condition. The records of the Corporation are kept in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was developed to take care of the property which had formerly come from the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a village, with a parish council including twelve chosen councillors. Three councillors are chosen to the Wealden District Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that stands for the Bexhill and Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is component. Pevensey is additionally part of the electoral ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.