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Just 5 miles east of Eastbourne and a mile inland from Pevensey bay, lays the old ancient town of Pevensey. Seeped in history since being the roman fort and port of anderida ,and the landing place of William the conqueror, Pevensey is home to a castle with roman ,Norman and world war II fortifications and , nestling halfway along its old high street ,is the Tudor court hall or ( house ) ,once the smallest working town hall and Jail in England.
Pevensey Courthouse & Jail, now a museum, dates from the thirteenth century and was the old town hall. Courts met there until the dissolution of the borough in 1866. The Courthouse is a step back in time to Medieval England. Bailiff and Jurats were holding "the queens majesties court" at Pevensey in 1590 and we also know that the Court House was built by 1595. By this time the Cinque Ports organisation was the only one in the Borough capable of initiating a project of this kind.
By early Tudor times the Castle had fallen into disrepair and was no longer inhabited, but Pevensey, like the rest of England, was recovering from the series of disasters which befell it during the 14th and 15th centuries, The Black Death, the Peasant's Revolt, the Hundred Years War, and the Wars of the Roses and sea trade was making the country prosperous.
The courthouse staff can cater for all prearranged school trips to the courthouse
Out of Season are best suited for those types of visits for more information please contact Jeff Dent or use the on line form.
The Courthouse volunteers hosts ghost nights from 20:30pm to 03:30am for only £10 per head, Please Note our ghost nights are purely None paranormal clubs or group events, therefore we are offering all the opportunity in entering for the night. Therefore We can only open the doors when we have the Minimum number of 6 people or more. Paranormal clubs or groups that are wishing to bookwe are available all year around for more information please click here.
If you have any interesting storey regarding the Pevensey courthouse, we at the courthouse would love to hear from you, for posting onto the website,
Dating back to the thirteenth century, it was one of the smallest old town hall and Jails in England.
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