Ewhurst is a
civil parish
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in the
Rother Rother may refer to:
General
*Rother (surname) (also sometimes spelled Röther)
*Rother District, a local government district in East Sussex, England
*Rother FM, an independent local radio station for Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
*Rother Kup ...
district of
East Sussex, England. The parish is on the southern ridge of the
River Rother valley, and much of the northern boundary of the parish follows the river. The centre of the parish is east-northeast from the
county town of
Lewes, and north from the coastal town of
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
.
The parish is one of farms, woods, dispersed residences and businesses, and the settlements of
Staplecross (the largest), Collier's Green,
Ewhurst Green
Ewhurst Green is a village and the main settlement of the civil parish Ewhurst, in the Rother district, in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother.
The pari ...
, and
Cripps Corner
Cripps Corner is a village in the civil parish of Ewhurst and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and on a southern ridge of the valley of the River Rother which flows thr ...
.
There are two parish churches, one dedicated to
St. James the Greater in Ewhurst Green, and one to St Mark in Staplecross. There are three
public house
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s: the Crown Inn at Staplecross, The White Dog at Ewhurst Green, and The White Hart at Cripps Corner.
The former
A229 road
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(now the B2244) crosses the parish from north to south. The
Kent and East Sussex Railway
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Historical company ...
follows the river in the north of the parish, where
Bodiam station takes its name from the neighbouring parish of
Bodiam
Bodiam () is a small village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. It lies in the valley of the River Rother, near to the villages of Sandhurst and Ewhurst Green.
The MP of the local UK Parliament constituency is Hu ...
. The line closed in 1961 but has been partly reopened as a
heritage railway, which was extended to Bodiam in 2000; the station is at present the southern terminus.
Governance
Ewhurst is part of the
electoral ward called Ewhurst and Sedlescombe. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,606.
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Villages in East Sussex
Civil parishes in East Sussex
Rother District