Etchingham (population 806) is a village as well as civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex in southerly England. The village lies approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent as well as 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its junction with the A21. Etchingham railway station gets on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross as well as Cannon Street. Etchingham was an estate a long time prior to the Norman occupation of 1066; after this time the manor was taken control of by the Normans. In 1166 it was entrusted to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, who were well-known landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family members documents document that William was so delighted with his right-hand man that he gave him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the point now inhabited by the London to Hastings train line. A few of the stone from the estate was possibly made use of in the building of the terminal structures. There is one legend that a wonderful bell lay at the bottom of the moat bordering the church and estate, and that it would certainly never be seen up until 6 yoke of white oxen were brought to drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and no bell has actually emerged. The 14th-century church was originally constructed within the grounds of the estate; proof of the moat can still be seen.