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Independent, Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green councillors. Battle is divided into two wards and includes the neighbouring village of Whatlington. The North Battle, Netherfield and Whatlington ward returns two councillors (currently one Liberal Democrat and one Green) and the South Battle and Telham ward returns one (currently a Liberal Democrat).
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provides the next level of government, the bulk of which matches the
Bexhill and Battle Parliamentary constituency. The council provides services such as refuse collection, planning consent, leisure amenities, council tax collection and economic development. Since the 2019 local elections, Rother has
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is the third tier of government, providing education, children's services, highways maintenance, refuse disposal, libraries and public health services. Following recent by-elections ESCC is under ‘No
Overall Control’. Battle forms the major part of the Battle and Crowhurst Division which ever since
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Most of the area was heavily wooded and provided oak and other timbers for navy shipyards, power for making cannons (shipped to
Portsmouth or Chatham), cannonballs and gunpowder. It later developed a reputation for the quality of the gunpowder produced in the area. The first recorded gunpowder mill
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Council, consisting of (when a full complement) 13 elected councillors who meet on the third Tuesday of each month. The council is responsible for street lighting, allotments, cemeteries and recreational areas. It provides a local voice to the
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Battle mostly escaped the conflict during World War 2. Some bombs and incendiary devices did fall in the area, most notably on 2 February 1943 when 3 bombs were dropped on the town. Two of these failed to explode, but one did detonate, destroying two shops and killing two residents. Close to the
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The town of Battle grew around an abbey, which was constructed on the orders of King
William to commemorate the battle and atone for the resulting slaughter; a settlement probably already existed outside the abbey gates by 1110. The Abbey provided sufficient trade to survive in an otherwise
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in Battle was built in 1676 when John
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improbable location for a new town and there remain some fine examples of
Medieval domestic architecture, for example the Wealden-style hall-houses in Upper Lake, Pilgrim's Rest and others in the High Street.
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refused to renew the licence in 1874 after many mishaps, including one occasion in 1798 when more than 15 tons of gunpowder were left in the oven for too long and exploded.
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and depicting how the town might have developed from 1066 to the consecration of the church in 1115. It was produced by 741 individual 'stitchers' and completed in 2017.
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2662:Coronations of William the Conqueror and Matilda
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1449:. English Nature. Archived from
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1317:Allen, John (29 February 2024).
1135:Ray, Elizabeth. "Acton, Eliza".
1109:"Battle's clock and watchmakers"
1063:A tour through England and Wales
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834:"East Sussex in Figures"
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2600:Malcolm III of Scotland
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1486:Kiloh, George (2021).
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863:"Town population 2011"
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769:Somewhere Only We Know
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2677:Council of Winchester
2667:Harrying of the North
2657:Council of Lillebonne
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1344:"The Battle Tapestry"
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2473:Burning of Southwark
1688:Villages and hamlets
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1107:Doherty, G (2019).
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