Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village and also civil church in the Rother district of East Sussex in southerly England. The village is located roughly 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent as well as 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its joint with the A21. Etchingham railway station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a mansion a very long time prior to the Norman occupation of 1066; after this time the estate was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, that were well-known landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family members papers document that William was so happy with his right-hand man that he gave him the land now referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since knocked down, stood at the point currently occupied by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the rock from the manor was probably made use of in the construction of the terminal structures. There is one tale that a great bell lay at the bottom of the moat bordering the church and estate, which it would never ever be seen up until 6 yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have passed by, the moat is long gone and no bell has emerged. The 14th-century church was originally developed within the grounds of the chateau; proof of the moat can still be seen.
