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Jevington

(Smugglers and Churchill Tanks)

Domesday Community


General Details

Jevington is an old village nestling in a quiet valley in the South Downs not far from Eastbourne .

There was a neolithic settlement near the village, and many barrows can be found on the nearby hills.

The church in the village dates from about 900AD and had a defensive tower similar to the one at East Dean . The tower was the refuge from the Vikings when they came raiding the area, probably trying to kill the population that supplied King Alfred the Great's port at nearby Exceat .

Jevington Place the local manor house is mentioned in the Domesday book.

A monastry was founded in the village in 1344 and dedicated to St Lewinna ( see Alfriston ) but was closed by Henry VIII when he dissolved the monastries in 1538 .

The area was well known for its smuggling connections with a smuggler James Pettit known as 'Jevington Jigg' organising the smuggling in the local area. The gang offloaded at nearby Birling Gap and Crowlink , and brought the contraband up the valleys to Jevington where they were stored in the cellar of the Rectory and in the inn. Pettit was the local innkeeper and leader of the local gang in the 1780's . As a criminal he seemed to be interested in both smuggling and horse thieving as he was imprisoned at Battle , Horsham and East Grinstead . In 1799 he was convicted of horse thieving and was deported to Botany Bay.

During the Second World War Winston Churchill visited the village to see the final prooving of the Churchill tank on the hills above the village in 1940 .


Services

Jevington has a few local services, mostly dealing with the tourists who flock into the area in the summer.

The nearest trains are from Polegate about 3 miles north which is on the coastal line.

The nearest major shopping area is at Eastbourne about 5 miles to the east.


Views

The village is very pretty, and a walk up Church Lane to the church which lies on the higher ground and overlooks the village is very pleasant.

The South Downs Way runs through the village for those more daring visitors.

Name Derivation
Gefa(enemy) Geof(gift) Gyr(fir) Jevington is one of those Saxon fortified hill villages probably settled by Aelle after 477AD .

The name is derived from Wylm(cloud) ington(fortified village on a hill) so becomes 'The Cloudy 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)


Jevington is derived from the Anglo Saxon Geofa ing tun (The settlement if the Geofa family). It was probably settled very soon after the Saxon landings by Aelle the Saxon in the early 500's AD. By the late twelfth century it had become Govingeton, then Gevyngton in the thirteenth century then Jevingtone and finally Jevington.


Nearby Villages (within 6 miles)
 
Folkington (Teasles and Badgers) 1.4 miles
East Dean (Fishing and Wrecking) 2.1 miles
Friston (Home of the Railway Children) 2.2 miles
Polegate (Fine old Tower Mill) 2.2 miles
Wilmington (The Long Man) 2.5 miles
Litlington (Secret marriage of George IV) 2.6 miles
Lullington (destroyed by Cromwell ??) 2.7 miles
West Dean (Alfred the Great's Palace) 2.7 miles
Alfriston (Smuggling and Ghosts) 3.0 miles
Exceat (Alfred the Great's Naval Base?) 3.1 miles
Berwick (Sharpen your arrows on the Church) 3.7 miles
Arlington (Peaceful Village and hectic Stadium) 4.3 miles
Alciston (Fifty thousand tiles on the Barn) 4.5 miles
Westham (Enclosure for the Castle) 4.8 miles
Selmeston (Tomb to store the Contraband) 4.9 miles
Hailsham (Ropes and Napoleon) 5.1 miles
East Blatchington (Mutiny and the Edge of Space) 5.3 miles
Seaford (The cormorants or shags) 5.4 miles
Chalvington (The miniature church) 5.5 miles
Upper & Lower Dicker (Michelham Priory) 5.5 miles
Pevensey (Ancient Roman Fortification) 5.6 miles
Bishopstone (Largest Tide-Mill in Sussex) 5.7 miles
Pevensey Bay (Fishing and Martello Towers) 5.8 miles

 
       
 
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