Etchingham, Sussex

Description
Etchingham, a parish in Sussex, on the river Rother, 3 1/4miles 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.