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HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HURSTMONCEAUX (also HERSTMONCEUX) , a See also:village in the See also:Eastbourne See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Sussex, See also:England, 9 m. N.E. of Eastbourne. Pop. (1901) 1429. The village takes its name from Waleran de Monceux, See also:lord of the See also:manor after the See also:Conquest, but the See also:castle, for the picturesque ruins of which the village is famous, was built in the reign of See also:Henry VI. by See also:Sir See also:Roger de See also:Fiennes. It is moated, and is a See also:fine specimen of 15th-See also:century See also:brickwork, the buildings covering an almost square quadrangle measuring about 70 yds. in the See also:side. Towers flank the corners, and there is a beautiful turreted entrance See also:gate, but only the See also:foundations of most of the buildings ranged See also:round the inner courts are to be traced. The See also:church of All See also:Saints is in the See also:main See also:Early See also:English, and contains interesting monuments to members of the Fiennes See also:family and others. In the See also:churchyard is the See also:tomb of See also:Archdeacon See also:Julius See also:Charles See also:Hare, the theologian (18.55). Much material from the castle was used in the erection of Hurstmonceaux See also:Place, a See also:mansion of the 18th century.

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