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Hurst Green, East Sussex
Hurst Green is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, and is located south of the East Sussex / Kent border at Flimwell. The area is entirely contained within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is located on the A21 road, halfway between Tunbridge Wells, Kent, in the north and Hastings in the south, approx 13 miles (20 km) each way. The A265 road starts in the village at the A21, previously starting in Hawkhurst. There is one active church in the village: the brick-built Church of England parish church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The Roman Catholic church of Our Lady Help of Christians is now disused and has now been converted into a community shop, which also contains the village post office. The local primary school is Hurst Green CE Primary School. The settlements of Silver Hill and Swiftsden are also located within the parish. There is an active parish council. History Before the Norman conqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bexhill And Battle (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bexhill and Battle () is a Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Kieran Mullan of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Constituency profile The constituency is predominantly rural, like Wealden (UK Parliament constituency), Wealden to the west. The main towns are the shingle-beach resort of Bexhill-on-Sea and the historic town of Battle, East Sussex, Battle. Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Strong Right" characterised by retired, socially conservative voters who strongly supported Brexit. Notable representatives The seat's first MP, Charles Wardle, served as a junior Home Office minister in the government of John Major; Wardle List of British Members of Parliament who crossed the floor#1997–2001 Parliament, had the Conservative w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, tradition, with foundational doctrines being contained in the ''Thirty-nine Articles'' and ''The Books of Homilies''. The Church traces its history to the Christian hierarchy recorded as existing in the Roman Britain, Roman province of Britain by the 3rd century and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kingdom of Kent, Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury. Its members are called ''Anglicans''. In 1534, the Church of England renounced the authority of the Papacy under the direction of Henry VIII, beginning the English Reformation. The guiding theologian that shaped Anglican doctrine was the Reformer Thomas Cranmer, who developed the Church of England's liturgical text, the ''Book of Common Prayer''. Papal authority was Second Statute of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villages In East Sussex
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of East Sussex, England. A * Alciston, Alfriston, Arlington B *Baldslow, Barcombe, Barcombe Cross, Barcombe Mills, Battle, Beachy Head, Beachy Head West, Beckley, Beckley Furnace, Belmont, Bells Yew Green, Belmont, Berwick, Best Beech Hill, Bexhill-on-Sea, Birling Gap, Bishopstone, Blackham, Bodiam, Bodle Street Green, Boreham Street, Brede, Brighton, Broadland Row, Broad Oak Brede, Broad Oak Heathfield, Burwash, Buxted C * Camber, Chailey Common, Cliffe Hill, Clive Vale, Cock Marling, Cooper's Green, Cripps Corner, Crowborough, Chiddingly, Chailey, Cooksbridge, Cowbeech D * Dallington, Darwell Reservoir, Denton, Ditchling, Doleham, Downside, Duddleswell E *Eastbourne, East Blatchington, East Dean, East Guldeford, Eridge Green, Etchingham, Etchingwood, Exceat F * Fairwarp, Falmer, Filching, Five Ash Down, Fletching, Folkington, Forest Row, Frant G * Gensing, Golden Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haremere Hall
Haremere Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean building near Etchingham, East Sussex. Location The hall is approximately in size and sited in an grounds. It is around 12 miles north of Hastings and the grounds overlook the River Rother. History There has been a dwelling on the site of what is now Haremere Hall since the 12th century. The current building dates from the early 1600s. James Temple, one of the judges at the trial and subsequent execution of King Charles I, resided in the hall in the 1620s. By the end of the century, it had been occupied by the Busbridge family, relations of the Temples by marriage. John Lade, friend of the Prince Regent regularly visited the hall in the 19th century. The hall was purchased by Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn in 1957. Following his death, it was the home of his widow Jacqueline, the dowager Lady Killearn. The house became Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridge Place
Iridge Place is a Grade II* listed country house in Hurst Green, East Sussex, England. It dates back to the late 18th century, replacing an earlier house. The two-storey building, with attic, has nine windows at the front and a stuccoed porch with Doric pilasters In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an ext .... Peckham Micklethwait of Iridge Place died in 1853, and the estate passed to Henry Sharnborne Nathaniel Micklethwait. The local authority for the house is Rother District Council. Owners Iridge was a tithing of Henhurst Hundred from onwards, and first appears as a manor in when Martin Brabon was in possession of it, the Brabon family having been in residence since at least . The manor changed hands by marriage and conveyance a number of times during the 17th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellerhoop
Ellerhoop is a municipality in the district of Pinneberg in Schleswig Holstein, Germany. It is twinned with the village of Hurst Green, East Sussex, UK. Geography Ellerhoop is situated to the north of Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ..., close to the A23 Autobahn. Points of interest * Arboretum Ellerhoop-Thiensen References Pinneberg (district) {{Pinneberg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Mat Bowls
Short mat bowls is an indoor sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a heavy ball along a fairly flat surface, to gain as many shots as possible by getting their bowls nearer to the jack than their opponents, and so outscore them. The game is a modern variation on lawn bowls, from which it is derived. Venues Short mat bowls is played indoors, so it is an all-year sport that is not affected by weather conditions. Because the equipment is transportable and easy to set up, it is particularly appropriate for locations that are also used for other purposes such as village halls, schools, and sports and social clubs; it is even played on North Sea oil rigs. Equipment The ESMBA specify a rink mat length of with a width of . The mat is foam or rubber-backed, and has the required lines permanently marked. A wooden fender is placed at both ends to simulate the 'ditch' and keep the bowls from rolling off the mat. A wooden block sits in the centre of the mat. players ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred The Great
Alfred the Great ( ; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, King of Wessex, Æthelberht and Æthelred I of Wessex, Æthelred, reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule, considerable administrative and military reforms were introduced, prompting lasting change in England. After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, dividing England between Anglo-Saxon territory and the Viking-ruled Danelaw, composed of Scandinavian York, the north-east Midlands and East Anglia. Alfred also oversaw the conversion of Viking leader Guthrum to Christianity. He defended his kingdom again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Conquest Of England
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror. William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September. Three days later on 28 September, William's invasion force of thousands of men and hundreds of ships landed at Pevensey in Sussex in southern England. Harold marched south to oppose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' (autonomous) churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world, each overseen by one or more bishops. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission, that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles, and that the pope is the successor of Saint Peter, upo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkhurst
Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located close to the border with East Sussex, around south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells and within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hawkhurst is virtually two villages: The Moor, to the south, consists mainly of cottages clustered around a large triangular green, while Highgate, to the north, features a colonnade of independent shops, two country pubs, hotels, a digital cinema in a converted lecture hall, and Waitrose and Tesco supermarkets. There are four designated conservation areas in Hawkhurst parish – one at Sawyers Green, two in Highgate (Highgate and All Saints' Church) and one at The Moor. There are also over 200 listed buildings across the parish. Since boundary changes in the 2010 general election, Hawkhurst is part of the parliamentary constituency of Tunbridge Wells, represented by Conservative Greg Clark. Prior to this it was in the Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing The Compass
The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A '' compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each separated by 90 degrees, and secondarily divided by four ordinal (intercardinal) directions—northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest—each located halfway between two cardinal directions. Some disciplines such as meteorology and navigation further divide the compass with additional azimuths. Within European tradition, a fully defined compass has 32 "points" (and any finer subdivisions are described in fractions of points). Compass points or compass directions are valuable in that they allow a user to refer to a specific azimuth in a colloquial fashion, without having to compute or remember degrees. Designations The names of the compass point directions follow these rules: 8-wind compass rose * The four cardinal direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
