Whatlington

Whatlington

Infobox UK place
official_name=Whatlington
country=England
region=South East England
static_

static_image_caption=Whatlington Church
area_footnotes=cite web |url=http://www.eastsussexinfigures.org.uk/webview/ |title=East Sussex in Figures |accessdate=2008-04-26 |publisher=East Sussex County Council]
area_total_km2 =6.0
population=401 (Parish-2007)
population_density= Pop density mi2 to km2|172|precision=0|abbr=yes
os_grid_reference=TQ762185
latitude=50.94
longitude=0.51
post_town=BATTLE
postcode_area=TN
postcode_district=TN33
dial_code=01424
constituency_westminster=Bexhill and Battle
london_distance=convert|47|mi NW
shire_district=Rother
shire_county=East Sussex

Whatlington is a village and civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England. The village is located seven miles (11 km) north of Hastings, just off the A21 road. The village is in two parts, one in the valley on the road from Battle, where the church and the parish hall lie on either side of the stream, and one a mile or so further on the main A21 to Hastings, with a triangular village green in front of the "Royal Oak" pub. Like most country pubs, the "Royal Oak" is now part restaurant. [ [http://www.royaloakwhatlington.co.uk Royal Oak Whatlington] ] For many years, it underwent a one-night transformation when the entire London Symphony Orchestra would stop for a pint in evening dress on the way back from playing at Hastings.

The Norman parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene; [ [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Whatlington/WhatlingtonStMary2004.htm Parish church] ] the yew tree which stood there until 1987 [ [http://www.sussex-opc.org/ParishDetails/EastSussex/Whatlington/Whatlington-St-Mary-Magdalene.htm Sussex online parish clerks] 'Historical Notes about St Mary Magdalene Church'] was traditionally thought to be one thousand years old, and to have been used by William the Conqueror to hang members of King Harold's personal guard. Malcolm Muggeridge lived with his family in Whatlington; both he and his wife are buried in the churchyard.

A large, now disused, chapel is a prominent feature on the main road: it now serves as a commercial business. [ [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/EastSussex/Whatlington/WhatlingtonWhiteChapel2004.htm The "White Chapel"] ]

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