The Star Inn, Normans' Bay [4 photos] in TQ6806 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

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The Star Inn, Normans' Bay

The Star Inn was formerly a sluice house and became an inn around the time of the civil war in Cromwell’s era. It almost certainly got its name “star” because it was frequented by shepherds and was so known as “The Star of Bethlehem” which was eventually shortened to “the star”. The Star has seen some hectic days in its time but never more so than in the 18th century when organised smugglers, using wooden clubs and poles, fought customs men armed with cutlasses in front of The Star Inn.

The Following history was written by James Donne, Formerly editor of the Sussex County magazine.

The Star Inn is as old as the river which flows by its pleasant garden, and that is over 500 years old. Both were born together in the year 1402 and have never been separated.
They were the result of a struggle which began soon after the Norman conquest, when the Pevensey marsh was an inland sea, lapping the walls of Pevensey Castle and up to where Hurstmonceux Castle now stands. In this inland sea there were little islands which the Saxons called “eyes” and so we have the names of Pevensey, Langley, Horse Eye, Rickney, Chilley and Northeye, the last being about a mile inland from The Star Inn.
Drainage of the marshes was commenced soon after the Norman conquest and one of the earliest records is dated 1180 showing that ”a new marsh had been created”. In 1282 a sea-wall, from where Cooden now is to Pevensey, was being repaired and this ran where the present railway line is and where this wall ended at Pevensey the name ”Wallsend” is still used. In 1287 a “great storm” breached this wall and the sea rushed in flooding the land which had been reclaimed.

by N Chadwick

Created: Sun, 16 Nov 2014, Updated: Thu, 27 Aug 2015

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TQ6806 : The Star Inn, Normans' Bay, near Pevensey by Malc McDonald

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