Hollington, Sussex
| Hollington | |
| Sussex | |
|---|---|
 St John the Evangelist Church, Hollington | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ793114 |
| Location: | 50°52’30"N, 0°32’53"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 6,099 (2011) |
| Post town: | St. Leonards-On-Sea |
| Postcode: | TN38 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Hastings |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bexhill and Battle |
Hollington is a village of Sussex which has become no more than a council estate in the north-west of Hastings. The area lies next to Baldslow, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, where the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.
There was once a manor house here, known as The Grove; later replaced with a school. The Grove was the manor house for the Lords of the Manor of Hollington.[1][2] The Levett family built The Grove, and then the property was carried into the Eversfield family by a Levett heiress.[3][4][5] When Lawrence Levett died without issue, he left his estate to his sister Mary, wife of Thomas Eversfield, and so the manor came into the Eversfield family: the Eversfield family, would go on to play a prominent role for centuries.[3]
The Griove was replaced by a school. The school buildings were demolished in 2017 and the land was earmarked for housing development.
The Hollington Stream runs from Silverhill, through Hollington Wood towards the sea at Bulverhythe.
Churches
- Church of England:
- St John The Evangelist, in Upper Church Road
- Church in the Wood
- Roman Catholic: Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Outside links
References
- ↑ Arnott, S. (1869). "Contributions Towards a Parochial History of Hollington". Sussex Archaeological Collections 21: 149. doi:10.5284/1086303.
- ↑ "The Grove » history of the grove". Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080112214410/http://www.grove.e-sussex.sch.uk/?page_id=126. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cooper, W. Durrant; Ross, T. (1862). "Notices of Hastings and its Municipal Rights". Sussex Archaeological Collections 14: 111. doi:10.5284/1085251.
- ↑ Mark Antony Lower (1870). "A Compendious History of Sussex: Topographical, Archćological & Anecdotical ...". p. 236. https://books.google.com/books?id=o28uAAAAMAAJ&q=levitt+hollington+sussex&pg=PA236. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
- ↑ "Square Toes and Formal". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173903/http://www.squaretoes.co.uk/images/square_toes.pdf. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
