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Etchingham (population 806) is a town and also civil church in the Rother area of East Sussex in southern England. The village lies about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent and 13 miles (21 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, on the A265, half a mile west of its joint with the A21. Etchingham train station is on the Hastings Line to London Charing Cross and also Cannon Street. Etchingham was a mansion a very long time prior to the Norman conquest of 1066; after this time the manor was taken over by the Normans. In 1166 it was delegated the de Achyngham (Etchingham) family, that were well-known landowners of the moment. The Etchingham family members documents document that William was so delighted with his right-hand man that he gave him the land now called Etchingham. The moated manor house, time out of mind destroyed, stood at the point now occupied by the London to Hastings railway line. Some of the rock from the chateau was possibly made use of in the building of the station buildings. There is one legend that an excellent bell lay at the bottom of the moat surrounding the church and estate, which it would never ever be seen till 6 yoke of white oxen were given drag it up. Centuries have gone by, the moat is long gone as well as no bell has appeared. The 14th-century church was initially constructed within the grounds of the mansion; proof of the moat can still be seen.