Name | Willingdon |
Alt names | Lower Willingdon | source: village in parish | | Upper Willingdon | source: village in parish |
Type | Parish |
Coordinates | 50.812°N 0.2415°E |
Located in | Sussex, England |
Also located in | East Sussex, England (1865 - ) |
See also | Pevensey Rape, Sussex, England | rape in which it was located | | Willingdon Hundred, Sussex, England | hundred in which it was located | | Eastbourne Rural, Sussex, England | rural district 1894-1934 | | Hailsham Rural, Sussex, England | rural district 1934-1974 | | Wealden District, East Sussex, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Willingdon is an ancient ecclesiastical parish stretching across the entire north edge of the town of Eastbourne, continuing south to reach the English Channel at Langney Point. Willingdon was the base for the local village of the same name in George Orwell's Animal Farm. Willingdon is in fact two villages Upper Willingdon and Lower Willingdon.
At the end of the 20th century Willingdon joined with its western neighbour, Jevington, to make a single civil parish of over 7,000 people.
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