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    Folkington
(Teasles and Badgers)


Name Derivation
Folkington is one of those Saxon fortified hill villages probably settled by Aelle after 477AD .

The name is possibly derived from Feoh(cattle) or Folc(common people) ington(fortified village on a hill) so becomes "The Cattle rearing fortified village on the hill" or possibly "The Common peoples fortified village on the hill" originally these ingtons were located at the top of the hills as defensive positions but moved lower down into the more productive lowlands once the area was under Saxon control.

The place names ending in ington or ingham appear to be the second Saxon settlements after the (ing,inge or ings) and appear to be fortified villages either on a hill(ington) or in river valley(ingham)


General Details

Folkington lies about 1 mile south of the busy A27 quite near to Polegate . This very small village nestles in a valley cut into the Downs like many others in this area. The village which has been known as Fowington centres around Folkington Manor.

The Domesday book records it as Fochintone, then in the twelfth century to Fokyngton and from the mid eighteenth century as Folkington.

In the early 1300's Viscount Monckton the owner of Folkington Manor became advisor to King Edward III .

From 1331 the Broadcloth industry was started in England and Folkington was one of the villages which produced teasles used to process the wool farmed on the Downs prior to its manufacture into cloth.

The famous herbalist Nicholas Culpepper lived in Folkington in the 1600's He was an apprentice to the local apothecary, and claimed to be a "student of physic and healing". in 1640's he was well known for his lectures and the book known as his Herball.

In the 1960's Lady Monckton from Folkington introduced the Badger Protection Act into the House of Lords.


Services

Folkington has no services, and its nearest shops are at Polegate about 2 miles east. The nearest main shopping centre is in Eastbourne about 4 miles east.

Busses pass along the busy A27, but none come into the village.

Trains can be caught at Polegate station.


Views

Folkington lies on a quiet backwater in a valley into the Downs , and is surrounded by the rolling hills and beautiful views of this stretch of Sussex .

The village itself consists of only a few houses and the church which is very pretty.


Nearby Villages (within 6 miles)
 
Wilmington (The Long Man) 1.1 miles
Jevington (Smugglers and Churchill Tanks) 1.4 miles
Polegate (Fine old Tower Mill) 1.5 miles
Alfriston (Smuggling and Ghosts) 2.2 miles
Lullington (destroyed by Cromwell ??) 2.3 miles
Litlington (Secret marriage of George IV) 2.6 miles
Berwick (Sharpen your arrows on the Church) 2.7 miles
Arlington (Peaceful Village and hectic Stadium) 2.9 miles
West Dean (Alfred the Great's Palace) 3.0 miles
Exceat (Alfred the Great's Naval Base?) 3.3 miles
Alciston (Fifty thousand tiles on the Barn) 3.4 miles
East Dean (Fishing and Wrecking) 3.5 miles
Friston (Home of the Railway Children) 3.5 miles
Selmeston (Tomb to store the Contraband) 3.7 miles
Chalvington (The miniature church) 4.1 miles
Hailsham (Ropes and Napoleon) 4.1 miles
Upper & Lower Dicker (Michelham Priory) 4.1 miles
Westham (Enclosure for the Castle) 4.9 miles
Ripe (Earl Harolds estate) 5.1 miles
East Blatchington (Mutiny and the Edge of Space) 5.2 miles
Bishopstone (Largest Tide-Mill in Sussex) 5.4 miles
Seaford (The cormorants or shags) 5.5 miles
Pevensey (Ancient Roman Fortification) 5.7 miles
Hellingly (Only remaining Circe in Sussex) 5.8 miles

 
       
 
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