Hollington, Hastings
HollingtonHollington, East SussexHollington in the County of Sussex
Hollington is a suburb and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex.wikipedia
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Hastings
Hastings, East SussexHastings Borough CouncilHastings, England
Hollington is a suburb and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex.
The Borough is divided into sixteen electoral wards; Ashdown, Baird, Braybrooke, Castle, Central St Leonards, Conquest, Gensing, Hollington, Maze Hill, Old Hastings, Ore, St Helens, Silverhill, Tressell, West St Leonards and Wishing Tree.









Church in the Wood, Hollington
Church in the Woodchurch in the middle of a woodHollington Church
Church in the Wood, Hollington
Church in the Wood, officially known as St Leonard's Church and originally as St Rumbold's Church, is an Anglican church in the Hollington area of the town and borough of Hastings, one of six local government districts in the English county of East Sussex.






Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom
electoral wardwardwards
Hollington is a suburb and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex.
East Sussex
EastSussexCounty of East Sussex
Hollington is a suburb and local government ward in the northwest of Hastings, East Sussex.





Battle, East Sussex
BattleBattle, SussexNetherfield
The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbey, which commemorates the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Battle Abbey
Battle1066 Battle Of Hastings, Abbey & Battlefielda monastery
The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbey, which commemorates the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.






William the Conqueror
William IWilliam I of EnglandWilliam of Normandy
The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbey, which commemorates the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.









Battle of Hastings
HastingsBattleThe Battle of Hastings
The area lies next to Baldslow, Ashdown, North and Conquest, and less than five miles southeast of Battle, East Sussex, the home of Battle Abbey, which commemorates the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.









The St Leonards Academy
Hollington was the location of The Grove School, which was incorporated into The St Leonards Academy becoming known as the 'Darwell Campus'.
Levett
LyvetLevetan ancient family
The Levett family built The Grove, and then the property was carried into the Eversfield family by a Levett heiress.









Uckfield
Uckfield, East SussexHempstead Meadows
The eventual lord of the manor became Thomas Eversfield of Uckfield, bringing the Eversfield family from their early Sussex beginnings to the Hastings area, where they would go on to play a prominent role for centuries.

Ashburnham baronets
Ashburnham of BromhamAnchitel AshburnhamAshburnham baronets of Broomham
Adam Ashburnham, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets of Broomham and half-brother of Lawrence Levett, inherited some of their mother Eve Adams Levett Ashburnham's property at Guestling.

Guestling
Three OaksThree Oaks, East Sussex
Adam Ashburnham, ancestor of the Ashburnham baronets of Broomham and half-brother of Lawrence Levett, inherited some of their mother Eve Adams Levett Ashburnham's property at Guestling.
Silverhill, East Sussex
SilverhillSilverhill, HastingsBohemia, Hastings
The Hollington Stream runs from Silverhill, Hastings, through Hollington Wood towards the sea at Bulverhythe.

Bulverhythe
West St LeonardsBo PeepBo-peep junction
The Hollington Stream runs from Silverhill, Hastings, through Hollington Wood towards the sea at Bulverhythe.

Bexhill and Battle (UK Parliament constituency)
Bexhill and BattleBexhill & BattleBexhill and Battle CC
List of places of worship in Hastings
HastingsHoly Child JesusRobertson Street Congregational Church
The borough is made up of the ancient port and seaside resort of Hastings, the neighbouring planned resort of St Leonards-on-Sea (united with its former rival in 1888) and their 19th- and 20th-century suburbs, some of which (such as Ore and Hollington) were autonomous villages until they were absorbed into the growing urban area.


John Howell & Son
John Howell
Its founder, John Howell Senior (ca.1825−1893) engineered churches and other public buildings in the area to the designs of innovative architects, including Holy Trinity Church in 1860 to the design of Samuel Sanders Teulon, and St Johns Church, Hollington in 1865−1868 for Edward Alexander Wyon.









Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English Martyrs, St Leonards-on-Sea
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and English MartyrsSt Leonards-on-Sea
The church remains in use as the main place of worship in a parish which extends into nearby Hollington, and has been listed at Grade II by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance.



St Leonards-on-Sea
St LeonardsSt. Leonards-on-SeaSt Leonards on Sea
, an ancient Sussex gentry family of Norman origin who owned the adjacent manor of Hollington, and subsequently by their descendants, the Eversfields, who rose to prominence from their iron foundries and widespread property holdings during Tudor times.








Rodney Holmes
John HolmesJohn Holmes (cricketer)Rodney
He was born at Hollington, Sussex, and educated at Repton School.
Edward Alexander Wyon
E. Alexander Wyon
His only known building is St John the Evangelist Church in Hollington, Hastings in East Sussex.




William Levett (Rector of Buxted)
William LevettReverend William LevettSussex vicar
William Levett was born at The Grove, Hollington, East Sussex, the son of Joane (Adams) Levett and John Levett, a large landowner and descendant of a knightly Anglo-Norman family who owned the manor of Catsfield Levett (now simply Catsfield), as well as property across Sussex, including in Hollington, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Bulverhythe, Firle, Hastings, Bexhill-on-Sea and elsewhere.




Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Christ ChurchChrist Church at St Leonards-on-SeaHastings
The nearest church with free sittings, the Church in the Wood, was several miles away in Hollington village.






Edward Eversfield
Edward
Eversfield was the son of Nicholas Eversfield of The Grove, Hollington.