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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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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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.
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