Ocklynge is an area in
Eastbourne
Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...
, England.
Etymology
The etymology is from the
Anglo-Saxon language: ''lynge'' is thought to be from link or ridge, and the ''ock'' component is believed to come from Occa, a putative leader of a small band of Saxons.
[Glover, J. ''Sussex Place Names'', Countryside Books, Berkshire, 1997]
Location
The
Grade II-listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
Ocklynge Manor is located in Ocklynge. This land was held by the
Knights Hospitaller
The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headq ...
, and their return of 1338 the following particulars are given:
"There is at Okelyng one messuage which is worth yearly 12d. And there are 52 acres of land, value per acre 12d., and they are worth 52s. Also there are 3 acres of meadow, value per acre 18d., and they are worth 4s. 6d. Also pasture there is common for 200 sheep, which is worth yearly 16s 8d. And please and perquisities of courts worth 6. 8d."
Ocklynge has a large primary school, Ocklynge Primary (Junior School).
Ocklynge Cemetery
Opened in 1857, it is the resting place of
Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe
Agnes or Agness may refer to:
People
*Agnes (name), the given name, and a list of people named Agnes or Agness
* Wilfrid Marcel Agnès (1920–2008), Canadian diplomat
Places
* Agnes, Georgia, United States, a ghost town
*Agnes, Missouri, United ...
and her daughter Mary, second wife and daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Sir
John Alexander Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that sp ...
. The cemetery is home to 174 Commonwealth War graves from World War I and II.
[https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/73148/Eastbourne%20(Ocklynge)%20Cemetery/]
References
Areas of Eastbourne
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