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Bed And Breakfast In Battle
 Riverside is a pretty detached period 'Chocolate Box' cottage nestling within beautiful mature gardens complete with a stunning stream. The property has an entrance porch to the front elevation, attractive leaded windows and a new conservatory to the rear. Believed to date circa 1780's the Cottage features exposed beams, an Inglenook fireplace, a log burning stove and sits within grounds extending to 1/3 of an acre. Riverside Cottage is located within the Hamlet of Mountfield, which is positioned north of the picturesque and historic town of Battle and has a beautiful 12th century church.
Robertsbridge and Battle Railway Stations provide a good rail service to London and the nearby A21 connects to the M25 Motorway network providing access to London and Gatwick, and with easy access also being provided to coastal towns such as Brighton and Dover.
Mountfield has many fine country walks and is in easy reach of the villages of Battle and Robertsbridge Accommodation comprises of Ground Floor :- Entrance porch, sitting room with an Inglenook fireplace, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, rear hall, utility room, cloakroom. First Floor :- Master bedroom, two further double bedrooms, one large single bedroom and a family bathroom.
Telephone: 01424 772755
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More Information About Battle
Battle is a small town in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies 49 miles (79 km) south southeast of London, 28.5 miles (46 km) east of Brighton and 21 miles (34 km) east of the county town of Lewes. Nearby towns include Hastings to the southeast and Bexhill-On-Sea to the south. It is the site of the Battle of Hastings, where William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II to become William I in 1066. The population of the civil parish was 6,048 according to the 2001 census. Battle has two senior schools, Claverham and Battle Abbey. The Abbey Battle Abbey was founded to commemorate the battle, and dedicated in 1095. The high altar of the Abbey church was reputedly on the spot where Harold died. The Abbey gateway is still the dominant feature of the south end of the main street, although little remains of the rest of the Abbey buildings. The remaining cloisters, part of the west range, were leased to Battle Abbey School shortly after World War I, and the school remains in occupancy to this day. The abbey at Battle has been known for centuries as Battle Abbey. It and the abbey church were initially dedicated to Saint Martin, sometimes known as "the Apostle of the Gauls", and named in his honour. The town The town of Battle was gradually built around the Abbey, and later developed a reputation for the quality of the gunpowder produced in the area. In the mid 1700s, the town supported five watchmakers in the High Street. Today, Battle is known as a tourist destination. The local bonfire society, Battel Bonfire Boyes, is claimed to be the oldest of the Sussex Bonfire Societies[2]. The importance of Bonfire Night in Battle is that it is located in the wooded Weald of Sussex. Most of the area was heavily wooded, which provided oak and other timbers for Navy Shipyards, power for making cannons (shipped to Portsmouth or Chatham), cannon balls and gunpowder. Battle was a refuge in World War I, and tunnels still exist, leading from various fields and cellars to Battle Abbey itself. However, they are deemed unsafe and are now closed. The band Keane hails from Battle. Gunpowder works The first gunpowder mill in Battle was built in 1676 when John Hammond was granted permission to build a mill on land owned by the Abbey. A gunpowder works was located in Powdermill Lane - the remains of which have been converted into a hotel. In 1722 Daniel Defoe described the town as being "remarkable for little now, but for making the finest gun-powder, and the best perhaps in Europe".[3] The Duke of Cleveland refused to renew the licence in 1847 after many mishaps[4], including one occasion in 1798 on which more than 15 tonnes of gunpowder were left in the oven for too long and exploded Landmarks Telham Hill is c. one mile south-east of Senlac Hill, in East Sussex, England. It was from Telham Hill that William the Conqueror's army first caught sight of the English army forming up on Senlac Hill, for the battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. There are three Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the parish. Blackhorse Quarry, a site of palaeontological interest which has produced many fossil bones and teeth including Iguanodon and crocodiles.[12] Hemingfold Meadow is a site of biological interest consisting of two meadows with nationally rare grassland species.[13] Darwell Wood is partially within the parish which is another site of biological importance as an example of hornbeam coppice with oak standards Transport Battle is linked to Hastings and London by the A2100 (A21). This section of the A2100 was the original A21. Battle railway station (designed by William Tress) lies on the Hastings Line, north of Crowhurst and south of Robertsbridge. There was once a station known as Mountfield Halt between Battle and Robertsbridge but this closed on 6 October 1969. The station is managed by and the services are provided by Southeastern. John Bodkin Adams John Bodkin Adams, the suspected serial killer, attended a shooting meeting in Battle on 30 June 1983. While staying at the Battle Abbey Hotel, he slipped on the concrete steps and fractured his left hip. He was taken to hospital but died of left ventricular failure on 4 July 1983. In 1957, he had been tried at the Old Bailey on two counts of murdering his patients, but in a controversial jury decision, was found not guilty. Pathologist Francis Camps suspected him of killing 163 patients
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