East Blatchington
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East Blatchington | |
East Blatchington shown within East Sussex |
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OS grid reference | |
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District | Lewes |
Shire county | East Sussex |
Region | South East |
Constituent country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SEAFORD |
Postcode district | BN25 |
Dialling code | 01323 |
Police | Sussex |
Fire | East Sussex |
Ambulance | South East Coast |
European Parliament | South East England |
UK Parliament | Lewes |
List of places: UK • England • East Sussex |
East Blatchington is a coastal village in East Sussex, and is nowadays the western part of Seaford where the two have gradually merged.
Like Seaford and Newhaven, its western neighbour, East Blatchington was a front line coastal defence during the Napoleonic war, and had a military barracks built in 1794 and demolished after the Great War.
St Peter's Parish Church dates back to about 1100 and the church registers date from 1563. The church has a memorial to pioneer balloonist Henry Tracey Coxwell.
East Blatchington is associated with Tide Mills, and is sometimes given as an alternate name for the Tide Mills area,