Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a town as well as civil parish in the Rother area of East Sussex in southerly England. The town is located approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) 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 junction with the A21. Etchingham train station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a manor a very long time before the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the manor was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, who were popular landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family members papers document that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he gave him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since demolished, stood at the point now occupied by the London to Hastings railway line. Some of the rock from the manor was probably utilized in the construction of the station structures. There is one tale that an excellent bell lay at the bottom of the moat bordering the church and also chateau, and that it would certainly never be seen until six yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and no bell has emerged. The 14th-century church was initially built within the premises of the estate; proof of the moat can still be seen.
