Pevensey
Pevensey is a town and civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The major town lies five miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 kilometres) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay creates part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the touchdown in his intrusion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the town was granted a royal charter by King John as well as was governed by Pevensey Corporation. With the decline in the community's relevance by the 19th century, the Corporation was eventually dissolved in 1886 as well as the town shed its borough standing. The documents of the Corporation are held in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, as well as a voluntary body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was developed to handle the property which had actually previously belonged to the Corporation, most especially the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a village, with a church council consisting of twelve chosen councillors. Three councillors are chosen to the Wealden District Council to stand for Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who represents the Bexhill and also Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is component. Pevensey is additionally part of the selecting ward called Pevensey and Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.