Hollington is a council estate and local government ward in the northwest of

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

, in the Hastings district, in the county of

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, England. The area lies next to

Baldslow Baldslow is a suburb in the north of Hastings, East Sussex, England. It is sometimes considered part of Conquest as Bohemia, East Sussex, Bohemia and Silverhill, Hastings, Silverhill. The area lies on the A21 road (England), A21 and the Hasting ...

, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of

Battle, East Sussex Battle is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Districts of England, district of Rother District, Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south-east of London, east of Brighton and east of Lewes. Hastings is to the south- ...

, the home of

Battle Abbey Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated to St Martin of Tours. It is a Scheduled Monument. The Grade I listed site is now o ...

, which commemorates the victory of

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at the

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in 1066. The area is believed to have been occupied since at least

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times prior to becoming farmland and subsequently developed during the 1930s onwards.Historical Hastings Wiki
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accessdate: 9 January 2020 Hollington was the location of The Grove School, which was incorporated into

The St Leonards Academy The St Leonards Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in the St Leonards-on-Sea area of Hastings in East Sussex. The St Leonards Academy was established in September 2011 from a merger of Filsham Valley Schoo ...

becoming known as the 'Darwell Campus'. The school, which was constructed at the location of The Grove, the manor house for the Lords of the Manor of Hollington. The

Levett Levett is a surname of Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman origin, deriving from eLivet, which is held particularly by families and individuals resident in England and British Commonwealth territories. Origins This surname comes from the village of ...

family built The Grove, and then the property was carried into the Eversfield family by a Levett heiress. The eventual lord of the manor became Thomas Eversfield of

Uckfield Uckfield () is a town in the Wealden District, Wealden District of East Sussex in South East England. The town is on the River Uck, one of the tributaries of the River Ouse, Sussex, River Ouse, on the southern edge of the Weald. Etymology "Uck ...

, bringing the Eversfield family from their early Sussex beginnings to the Hastings area, where they would go on to play a prominent role for centuries. The Eversfields inherited when Levett heir Lawrence Levett died without issue, leaving his estate to his sister Mary (Levett) Eversfield, wife of Thomas Eversfield. Adam Ashburnham, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets of Broomham and half-brother of Lawrence Levett, inherited some of their mother Eve Adams Levett Ashburnham's property at

Guestling Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. The village is located north-east of Hastings on the A259 road to Rye. Its parish church is dedicated to St Laurence. History Guestling, referred to in ...

. The school buildings were demolished circa 2017 and the land is earmarked for housing development. The Hollington Stream runs from Silverhill, through Hollington Wood towards the sea at

Bulverhythe Bulverhythe, also known as West St Leonards and Bo Peep, is a suburb of Hastings, East Sussex, England with its Esplanade and 15 ft thick sea wall. Bulverhythe is translated as "Burghers' landing place". It used to be under a small headlan ...

. In 2016 new homes were constructed near Robsack Community centre.

Civil parish

In 1891 the parish had a population of 2056. On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and split to "Hollington St. John" and Hollington Rural.

Places of Worship

St John The Evangelist John the Evangelist ( – ) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Gospel of John. Christians have traditionally identified him with John the Apostle, John of Patmos, and John the Presbyter, although there is no consensus on h ...

Located in Upper Church Road * Church in the Wood, Hollington * Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

References

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External links

The Fortunes of Some Gentry Families of Elizabethan Sussex, J.E. Mousley, The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 11, 1959, pp. 467-483
Suburbs of Hastings Former civil parishes in East Sussex