Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village as well as civil parish in the Rother area of East Sussex in southerly England. The village lies around 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 train station gets on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross as well as Cannon Street. Etchingham was a chateau a long period of time before the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the mansion was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was left to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) household, that were popular landowners of the time. The Etchingham family papers document that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he offered him the land now referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, time out of mind demolished, stood at the point currently inhabited by the London to Hastings railway line. Some of the stone from the manor was most likely made use of in the construction of the station structures. There is one tale that a great bell lay at the end of the moat bordering the church as well as estate, and that it would certainly never be seen till 6 yoke of white oxen were offered drag it up. Centuries have actually gone by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has surfaced. The 14th-century church was initially developed within the premises of the estate; evidence of the moat can still be seen.
