Alciston
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Alciston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is inland, just off the A27 road, about north-west of Eastbourne and east of Lewes. The ecclesiastical parish is linked with that of Selmeston and Berwick. alt=The nave of Alciston Church, Alciston, East Sussex, England. September 2024.|thumb|The nave of Alciston Church, Alciston, East Sussex, England. September 2024. Saxon in origin, its name was then Aelfsige.
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Vinony's link graph records 91 inbound references to Alciston, and connects out to Pevensey, Westham and Chiddingly.
It is catalogued under topics including Civil parishes in East Sussex, OpenDomesday and Villages in East Sussex.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wealden
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Alciston
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Alciston from Bostal Hill - geograph.org.uk - 109292.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Alciston from Bostal Hill
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.0
- UK place.population
- 146
- UK place.population_ref
- (2007-Parish)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ506055
- UK place.post_town
- POLEGATE
- UK place.postcode_area
- BN
- UK place.postcode_district
- BN26
- UK place.dial_code
- 01323
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Lewes
- UK place.london_distance
- NNW
- UK place.shire_district
- Wealden
- UK place.shire_county
- East Sussex
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wealden
- Population
- 119
- Area
- 7.0
- Image
- Alciston from Bostal Hill - geograph.org.uk - 109292.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01323
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- Commons category
- Alciston
- postal code
- BN26
- located in protected area
- South Downs National Park
- OS grid reference
- TQ506055
- historic county
- Sussex
- P8168
- Longchamps-sur-Aire
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Church
- Notable buildings, events and people
- Governance
- References
- External links
Alciston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England. It is inland, just off the A27 road, about north-west of Eastbourne and east of Lewes. The ecclesiastical parish is linked with that of Selmeston and Berwick. alt=The nave of Alciston Church, Alciston, East Sussex, England. September 2024.|thumb|The nave of Alciston Church, Alciston, East Sussex, England. September 2024. Saxon in origin, its name was then Aelfsige.
==History== The village (Alcistone) is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was a significant settlement with 70 villagers, 8 smallholders, 12 slaves and 7 burgesses; there were 50 acres of meadows, six of pasture and four of woodland for pigs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alciston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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