Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a town and civil church in the Rother area of East Sussex in southerly England. The village lies about 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 joint with the A21. Etchingham railway station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and Cannon Street. Etchingham was an estate a long period of time before the Norman conquest of 1066; hereafter time the mansion was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was entrusted to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) household, who were widely known landowners of the time. The Etchingham household documents record that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he gave him the land now known as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the factor currently occupied by the London to Hastings train line. Several of the rock from the manor was possibly made use of in the construction of the terminal structures. There is one tale that a wonderful bell lay at the bottom of the moat surrounding the church as well as mansion, which it would certainly never ever be seen till six yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has actually appeared. The 14th-century church was originally built within the premises of the manor; proof of the moat can still be seen.