Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a village as well as civil church in the Rother area of East Sussex in southerly England. The village lies around 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and also 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 an estate a very long time prior to the Norman occupation of 1066; hereafter time the manor was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, that were popular landowners of the time. The Etchingham family members documents document that William was so delighted with his right-hand man that he gave him the land now called Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since knocked down, stood at the point currently inhabited by the London to Hastings railway line. A few of the rock from the estate was probably made use of in the building and construction of the terminal buildings. There is one tale that an excellent bell lay at the bottom of the moat bordering the church and also manor, which it would never ever be seen up until six yoke of white oxen were given drag it up. Centuries have passed by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has appeared. The 14th-century church was initially built within the grounds of the chateau; proof of the moat can still be seen.
