Pevensey
Pevensey is a village as well as civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main town is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay develops part of the parish. It was here that William the Conqueror made the landing in his invasion 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 community's importance by the 19th century, the Corporation was eventually dissolved in 1886 and also the town lost its borough condition. The records of the Corporation are held in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was created to handle the residential property which had actually previously come from the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a town, with a parish council including twelve chosen councillors. 3 councillors are chosen to the Wealden District Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who stands for the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is likewise part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.
