Alciston
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| Alciston | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 Alciston from Bostal Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ506055 |
| Location: | 50°49’48"N, -0°8’16"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 146 (2007, parish) |
| Post town: | Polegate |
| Postcode: | BN26 |
| Dialling code: | 01323 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wealden |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Lewes |
Alciston is a village in Sussex, inland, just off the A27 road, ten miles north-west of Eastbourne and seven miles east of Lewes. The ecclesiastical parish is linked with that of Selmeston and Berwick. The village gives its name to the county's Alciston Hundred, in the Rape of Pevensey.
Saxon in origin, its name appears to be from the personal name Ælfsige. The village is listed in the Domesday Book.
The present 14th-century church, of unknown dedication, is built of chalk from the nearby South Downs.[1] There is a large mediæval tithe barn in the village: at 170 feet long, it is the largest in Sussex.
Events
Every Good Friday, the road outside the Rose Cottage Inn is closed for the villagers to take part in a traditional skipping contest.[2]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Alciston) |
- Alciston in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ "Alciston Parish Church". Sacred Sussex. Diocese of Chichester. http://www.sacredsussex.org/East%20Sussex/Alciston_Parish_Church.htm.
- ↑ Geograph