Pevensey
Pevensey is a town and also civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The main town lies five miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay develops part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the landing in his invasion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was provided a royal charter by King John and was regulated by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the town's importance by the 19th century, the Corporation was at some point liquified in 1886 and the town lost its district 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 created to manage the property which had actually formerly belonged to the Corporation, most especially the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a village, with a parish council consisting of twelve chosen councillors. 3 councillors are chosen to the Wealden Area Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that stands for the Bexhill and Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is also part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.