Pevensey
Pevensey is a town as well as civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The main village lies five miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish. It was here that William the Conqueror made the landing in his intrusion of England in 1066 after going across the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the town was provided a royal charter by King John as well as was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the town's importance by the 19th century, the Corporation was eventually liquified in 1886 and the community shed its borough standing. The records of the Corporation are kept in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was formed to handle the residential or commercial property which had actually formerly belonged to the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a town, with a church council consisting of twelve chosen councillors. 3 councillors are elected to the Wealden Area Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that stands for the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is additionally part of the selecting ward called Pevensey as well as Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.
