Pevensey
Pevensey is a town and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. The main town lies five miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay develops part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the touchdown in his invasion of England in 1066 after going across the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was granted an imperial charter by King John and also was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the community's relevance by the 19th century, the Corporation was at some point liquified in 1886 and also the town lost its district condition. The documents of the Corporation are held in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was formed to handle the property which had actually formerly belonged to the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is now a town, with a parish council containing twelve elected councillors. 3 councillors are chosen to the Wealden District Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who stands for the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is component. Pevensey is additionally part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and also Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.
