Pevensey
Pevensey is a town and also civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The main village is located 5 miles (8 km) 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 right here that William the Conqueror made the touchdown in his intrusion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was granted an imperial charter by King John as well as was governed by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the town's relevance by the 19th century, the Corporation was at some point dissolved in 1886 and the community shed its district condition. The records of the Corporation are held in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and also a volunteer body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was formed to take care of the building which had actually formerly come from the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a town, with a church council including twelve chosen councillors. Three councillors are chosen to the Wealden Area Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who represents the Bexhill and also Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is component. 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.
