Pevensey
Pevensey is a town as well as civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The primary town lies 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The settlement of Pevensey Bay develops part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the landing in his invasion of England in 1066 after going across the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the town was given a royal charter by King John and also was governed by Pevensey Corporation. With the decrease in the community's relevance by the 19th century, the Corporation was eventually dissolved in 1886 and the town lost its borough standing. The documents of the Corporation are kept in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and also a volunteer body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was developed to manage the residential property which had previously come from the Corporation, most notably the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a village, with a parish council containing twelve chosen councillors. 3 councillors are elected to the Wealden Area Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, that represents the Bexhill and Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is component. Pevensey is also part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.
