Herstmonceux

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Herstmonceux, village (parish), Wealden district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southestern England.

The parish is the site of the well-known castle of Herstmonceux, completed about 1444 by Sir Roger de Fiennes as a fortified manor surrounded by a moat. It is one of the finest early brick buildings in England. The parish also contains All Saints Church, which dates from the late 12th century. Herstmonceux Castle was the headquarters of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1948 to 1990. Pop. (2001) 2,320; (2011) 2,613.

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