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Etchingham (population 806) is a town and civil church in the Rother district of East Sussex in southerly England. The town lies approximately 15 miles (24 kilometres) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 km) 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 and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a manor a long period of time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; hereafter time the estate was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was entrusted to the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family members, who were popular landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family papers record that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he offered him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, long since destroyed, stood at the factor now occupied by the London to Hastings railway line. Several of the rock from the estate was probably made use of in the building of the terminal structures. There is one legend that an excellent bell lay at the end of the moat bordering the church and mansion, and that it would certainly never ever be seen up until 6 yoke of white oxen were given drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone and also no bell has appeared. The 14th-century church was originally developed within the grounds of the manor; proof of the moat can still be seen.