Etchingham, Sussex
Historical Description
Etchingham, a parish in Sussex, on the river Rother, 3¼miles SE by S of Ticehurst. It has a station on the S.E.R. 46 miles from London. It has a post office (S.O.) under Hawkhurst; money order office, Hurst Green; telegraph office at railway station. Acreage, 3894; population of the civil parish, 904; of the ecclesiastical, with Hurst Green, 785. The manor belonged to the Etchinghams from an early period till the time of Elizabeth. The ancient manor house was moated, but the site of it is now traversed by the railway. The living is a rectory, united with Hurst Green, in the diocese of Chichester; net value, £404 with residence. The church is Decorated English, shows the flamboyant character in the E window, and other peculiar features in other parts, has a very long chancel, a square tower, a staircase turret, and a high-pitched roof, contains an Early English font, and brasses of the Etchinghams.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Sussex | |
| Hundred | Henhurst | |
| Poor Law union | Ticehurst |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Etchingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Etchingham)
Maps
Online maps of Etchingham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online: