Hellingly is a small village just off the A267 at the northern end of the River Cuckmere, 12 miles east of Lewes and 9 miles north of Eastbourne. The name probably derives from the Old English `hyllinga-leage` = clearing of the hill dwellers. The 12th century church - St.Peter & St.Paul - is built on the last undamaged ciric in Sussex; a ciric is a circular Celtic burial mound (the circle is believed to be the Celtic symbol of immortality), although the mound is not now circular but oval, more land was given to the church in the 12th century. The church dates from 1190 with 13th century additions, it has two Norman windows with lancets and columns with carved capitals, the tower was rebuilt in 1836. In the churchyard can be found three gravestones enhanced with terracotta plaques made by Jonathan Harmer of Heathfield in the early 1800`s. Horselunges Manor is a 16th century manor house that was restored in 1925 by Walter Godfrey and is one of the most spectacular timber houses in Sussex. The Rector of Hellingly in the days of Queen Mary was John Milles, he was one of the Protestant martyrs burnt at the stake at Lewes in 1557. In 1887 some 400 acres of land was brought by Sussex Council from the Earl of Chichester and used for building the Sussex County Mental Hospital, designed by G.T Hine to a late Victorian design it opened in 1903, it even had its own railway line running to the grounds from Hellingly Station. The Hospital closed in 1994 and after lying derelict for many years the site is undergoing re-development. Likewise, Hellingly lost its railway in 1965 the trackbed is now the Cuckoo trail cycle path.
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Travelodge Hellingly Eastbourne (0.37 miles)
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Boship Farm Hotel (1.13 miles)
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The Corn Exchange (1.96 miles)
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Beechcroft (2.80 miles)
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The Horseshoe Inn (4.18 miles)
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