Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village as well as civil church in the Rother district of East Sussex in southerly England. The village is located about 15 miles (24 km) 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 is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross as well as Cannon Street. Etchingham was an estate a very long time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the mansion was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was entrusted to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, that were well-known landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family papers document that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he gave him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the factor currently occupied by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the stone from the chateau was most likely made use of in the building and construction of the station buildings. There is one legend that a terrific bell lay at the bottom of the moat bordering the church and also mansion, which it would never ever be seen till 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 actually appeared. The 14th-century church was initially constructed within the premises of the chateau; proof of the moat can still be seen.
