Pevensey
Pevensey is a town and also civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The primary town lies five miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay creates part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the landing in his invasion of England in 1066 after going across the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was granted a royal charter by King John and was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the town's value by the 19th century, the Corporation was ultimately dissolved in 1886 as well as the town lost its district status. The records of the Corporation are kept in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, as well as a volunteer body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was formed to handle the building which had previously belonged to the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a town, with a parish council containing twelve elected councillors. Three councillors are elected to the Wealden Area Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that stands for the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is likewise part of the electoral ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.
