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Pevensey
Pevensey is a village and also civil parish in the Wealden area of East Sussex, England. The major village lies 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Eastbourne, one mile (1.6 km) inland from Pevensey Bay. The negotiation of Pevensey Bay forms part of the parish. It was below that William the Conqueror made the landing in his invasion of England in 1066 after crossing the English Channel from Normandy, France. In 1207 the community was given an imperial charter by King John and also was controlled by Pevensey Corporation. With the decline in the town's importance by the 19th century, the Corporation was ultimately dissolved in 1886 and the community shed its district standing. The documents of the Corporation are held in the East Sussex Record Office at Lewes, and also a volunteer body, the Pevensey Town Trust, was developed to handle the home which had formerly come from the Corporation, most especially the Old Court House. Pevensey is currently a village, with a church council consisting of twelve chosen councillors. 3 councillors are elected to the Wealden Area Council to represent Pevensey; the Member of Parliament is Hugh Merriman, who stands for the Bexhill as well as Battle Constituency, of which Pevensey is part. Pevensey is also part of the electoral ward called Pevensey as well as Westham. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 9,467.