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Herstmonceux (/ˌhɜːrsmənˈzuː/ HURSS-mən-ZOO, /-ˈsuː/ -SOO,[3] or /hɔːsˈmaʊnsiːz/ horss-MOWN-seez)[4] is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England, which includes Herstmonceux Castle.
The Herstmonceux Medieval Festival is held annually in August.[5]
History
The name comes from Anglo-Saxon hyrst, "wooded hill", plus the name of the Monceux family who were lords of the manor in the 12th century. In 1086, the manor, simply called Herste, was in the ancient hundred of Foxearle.[6]
In 1677, Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex, was paid £3 when he went to a cricket match played at "ye Dicker", a common near Herstmonceux, one of the earliest references to the sport.[7]
The Herstmonceux area is known for the making of
Governance
The parish council consists of eleven elected members. An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward had a population at the 2011 census of 2,852.[8]
Education is provided at Herstmonceux Church of England Primary School.[9]
Geography
The village (previously called Gardner Street) is part of the larger Herstmonceux civil parish, which includes Cowbeech and the hamlets of Foul Mile, Trolliloes, Cowbeech Hill, Stunts Green, Ginger's Green, Flowers Green and part of Windmill Hill where the Windmill Hill Windmill is situated. Cowbeech village is north-west of the parish. Eastbourne is 7 miles (11 km) south-west of the village, and Brighton and Hove 21 miles (34 km) south-west.
There are two
Religion
All Saints' (
Twinning
The village is twinned with Varengeville-sur-Mer, in Normandy, France.[14]
References
- ^ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 26 April 2008.
- ^ "Civil Parish 2011". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Roach & Hartman, eds (1997) English Pronouncing Dictionary, 15th edition. (Cambridge University Press). p. 234
- ^ "A glossary of dialectal place-nomenclature, to which is appended a list of family surnames pronounced differently from what the spelling suggests". 1883.
- ^ "England's Medieval Festival - Herstmonceux Castle 29th, 30th and 31st August 2015".
- ^ Open Domesday Online: Herste, accessed May 2017.
- ^ McCann T (2004) Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century, pp.xl. Sussex Record Society.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ Primary school
- ^ "WELCOME - THE OBSERVATORY SCIENCE CENTRE".
- ^ "Herstmonceux Park SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Pevensey Levels SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Herstmonceux Parish Home Page".
- ^ "Herstmonceux Parish Home Page".