Wealden District East Sussex England United Kingdom
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Alciston
Alciston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is inland, just off the A27 road, about ten miles (16 km) north-west of Eastbourne and seven miles (11 km) east of Lewes. The ecclesiastical parish is linked with that of Selmeston and Berwick.
Saxon in origin, its name was then Aelfsige; it is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The present 14th-century church, of unknown dedication, is built of chalk from the nearby South Downs. There is a large medieval tithe barn in the village. It is 170 feet (52 m) long and is the largest in Sussex. There is also the ruins of a square shaped dovecote built by monks in C14, who used Alciscton as a grange of Battle Abbey.
Every Good Friday, the road outside the Rose Cottage Inn is closed for the villagers to take part in a traditional skipping contest.
The historian C.V. Wedgwood is buried in the church graveyard.
Distance between:
London to Alciston48 Miles / 78 Kms Liverpool to Alciston223 Miles / 359 Kms
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