Ewhurst, East Sussex

Ewhurst
St James' Church, Ewhurst Green
Ewhurst Ewhurst shown within East Sussex
Area	23.64 km² (9.13 sq mi) ^[1]
Population	1,130 (2011) ^[2]
– density	115.3/sq mi (44.5/km²)
OS grid reference	TQ799238
– London	46 miles (74 km) NW
District	Rother
Shire county	East Sussex
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROBERTSBRIDGE
Postcode district	TN32 5
Dialling code	01580
Police	Sussex
Fire	East Sussex
Ambulance	South East Coast
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Bexhill and Battle
List of places UK England East Sussex

Coordinates: 50°59′N 0°34′E / 50.99°N 0.56°E / 50.99; 0.56

Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; its main settlement is the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. The parish is a relatively large one in area, and includes the settlements of Staplecross and Cripps Corner. The former A229 road (now the B2244) crosses the parish from north to south.

Although Bodiam station is the present terminus of the Kent and East Sussex Railway, and lies within the parish, the castle itself is in the neighbouring parish of Bodiam.

The parish church is dedicated to St James the Great.^[3] The public house in Ewhurst Green is The White Dog.

Governance

Ewhurst is part of the electoral ward called Ewhurst and Sedlescombe. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 2,606.^[4]

References

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↑ "East Sussex in Figures". East Sussex County Council. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.
↑ St James the Great parish church
↑ "Ewhurst and Sedlescombe ward population 2011". Retrieved 7 October 2015.

Settlements in the Rother district of East Sussex

Towns	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Rye

Villages and hamlets	Ashburnham Ashburnham Forge Beckley Bodiam Bowler's Town Brede Brightling Brownbread Street Burwash Cackle Street Camber Catsfield Cliff End Cripps Corner Crowhurst Dallington East Guldeford Etchingham Ewhurst Green Fairlight Fairlight Cove Flimwell Guestling Green Guestling Thorn Hollingrove Houghton Green Hurst Green Icklesham Iden Kent Street Mountfield Northbridge Street Northiam Oxley's Green Peasmarsh Penhurst Pett Pett Level Playden Ponts Green Robertsbridge Rye Foreign Rye Harbour Salehurst Saltcote Saltcote Street Sedlescombe Silver Hill Springfield Staplecross Stonegate Ticehurst Three Oaks Twelve Oaks Udimore Westfield Whatlington Winchelsea Winchelsea Beach

Civil parishes	List of civil parishes in Rother

Ceremonial county of East Sussex

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Unitary authorities	City of Brighton and Hove

Boroughs or districts	Borough of Eastbourne Borough of Hastings District of Lewes District of Rother District of Wealden

Major settlements	Battle Bexhill-on-Sea Brighton Crowborough Eastbourne Hailsham Hastings Heathfield Hove Lewes Newhaven Peacehaven Polegate Rye Seaford Telscombe Uckfield Wadhurst Winchelsea See also: List of civil parishes in East Sussex

Rivers	Cuckmere Rother Tillingham

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