03 Jul
Fireplace
Battle - TN33
Enquiry from: Margaret B
Start Date: Immediate
I require existing fireplace dismantled and replaced with new surround plus electric fire
Etchingham
Etchingham (population 806) is a town and also civil parish in the Rother area of East Sussex in southern England. The village is located about 15 miles (24 km) 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 train station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a mansion a long time before the Norman occupation of 1066; hereafter time the estate 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 time. The Etchingham family members papers record that William was so pleased with his right-hand man that he provided him the land currently referred to as Etchingham. The moated manor house, time out of mind knocked down, stood at the factor now occupied by the London to Hastings train line. Some of the rock from the chateau was most likely utilized in the construction of the terminal structures. There is one tale that a terrific bell lay at the end of the moat surrounding the church as well as manor, which it would never ever be seen until 6 yoke of white oxen were given drag it up. Centuries have actually passed by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has surfaced. The 14th-century church was originally constructed within the grounds of the mansion; proof of the moat can still be seen.
