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Etchingham (population 806) is a town and also civil parish in the Rother area of East Sussex in southern England. The village lies approximately 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent as well as 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its joint with the A21. Etchingham railway station gets on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was an estate a very long time before the Norman occupation of 1066; after this time the manor was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, that were well-known landowners of the time. The Etchingham family papers record that William was so happy with his right-hand man that he provided him the land currently called Etchingham. The moated manor house, time out of mind destroyed, stood at the factor currently occupied by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the stone from the chateau was most likely utilized in the building and construction of the station buildings. There is one legend that a terrific bell lay at the end of the moat bordering the church as well as estate, and that it would certainly never ever be seen till six yoke of white oxen were given drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and no bell has emerged. The 14th-century church was initially developed within the grounds of the estate; proof of the moat can still be seen.