Ocklynge is an area in

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. It is also a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, bor ...

, England.

Etymology

The etymology is from the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

language: ''lynge'' is thought to be from link or ridge, and the ''ock'' component is believed to come from Occa, a putative leader of a small band of Saxons.Glover, J. ''Sussex Place Names'', Countryside Books, Berkshire, 1997

Location

The

Grade II-listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

Ocklynge Manor is located in Ocklynge. This land was held by the

Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic military order. It was founded in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in the 12th century and had headquarters there ...

, and their return of 1338 the following particulars are given: "There is at Okelyng one messuage which is worth yearly 12d. And there are 52 acres of land, value per acre 12d., and they are worth 52s. Also there are 3 acres of meadow, value per acre 18d., and they are worth 4s. 6d. Also pasture there is common for 200 sheep, which is worth yearly 16s 8d. And please and perquisities of courts worth 6. 8d." Ocklynge has a large primary school, Ocklynge Primary (Junior School).

Ocklynge Cemetery

Opened in 1857, it is the resting place of

Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe Susan Agnes Macdonald, 1st Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe (née Bernard; 24 August 1836 – 5 September 1920), was the second wife of John A. Macdonald, Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada. Early life Agnes was born i ...

and her daughter Mary, second wife and daughter of Canadian Prime Minister Sir

John Alexander Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11January 18156June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political ...

. The cemetery is home to 174 Commonwealth War graves from World War I and II.Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery
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References

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