Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village and civil parish in the Rother area of East Sussex in southern England. The village lies about 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21. Etchingham train station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross as well as Cannon Street. Etchingham was a chateau a very long time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; hereafter time the estate was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, that were popular landowners of the moment. The Etchingham household papers document that William was so delighted with his right-hand man that he offered him the land currently known as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the factor now occupied by the London to Hastings train line. A few of the stone from the manor was probably utilized in the building of the station buildings. There is one tale that a terrific bell lay at the bottom of the moat surrounding the church as well as mansion, and that it would certainly never ever be seen till 6 yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and no bell has actually emerged. The 14th-century church was originally built within the premises of the manor; proof of the moat can still be seen.
