Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a town and also civil church in the Rother area of East Sussex in southern England. The village lies about 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 is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross as well as Cannon Street. Etchingham was an estate a long time before the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the manor was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was entrusted to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, who were well-known landowners of the time. The Etchingham household papers record that William was so delighted with his right-hand man that he provided him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the factor now inhabited by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the stone from the manor was possibly used in the building and construction of the station structures. There is one tale that a great bell lay at the bottom of the moat surrounding the church as well as chateau, which it would never be seen up until 6 yoke of white oxen were offered drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and also no bell has actually surfaced. The 14th-century church was originally constructed within the premises of the estate; proof of the moat can still be seen.
