Winchelsea

Spike Milligan was not allowed to have "I told you I was ill" inscribed on his headstone, but the diocese that governs the St. Thomas Church in Winchelsea, East Sussex, did allow him the Gaelic equivalent: "Duirt me leat go raibh me breoite."

Epitaphic Wit 2006

There are great vaults in Winchelsea wch was the merchants Cellars, and were houses.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Ten years later (1350) the English for the first time fought a Spanish fleet and won a battle sometimes called Winchelsea and sometimes

Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas William Charles Henry Wood 1905

She figured a card of grey and silver bearing 'Winchelsea' triumphantly effaced by an arrow, Cupid's arrow, in favour of "Snooks."

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories 1906

"Winchelsea," and settled on him a handsome allowance of pocket-money.

The Life of John Ruskin 1893

Shortly after the demolition of the tower, the reef, as if enraged at having been denied a number of victims owing to the existence of the warning light, trapt the "Winchelsea" as she was swinging up Channel, and smashed her to atoms, with enormous loss of life.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885

Just after the structure fell, a vessel, named the "Winchelsea," homeward bound, approached the dreaded rock.

The Story of the Rock 1859

The harbour at Hastings was destroyed, the old town of Winchelsea, which was already under attack from the sea, was abandoned, and the coastline realigned.

Weatherwatch: the great storms of 1287 2011

There's a particularly poignant memorial in the church at Winchelsea, Sussex, to the crew of the Rye lifeboat which in 1928 set out through a gale and heavy seas to the aid of the vessel Alice.

The great unknowns get their chapters in history 2010

For those with stamina, the walk to Winchelsea, and further, to Rye, offers stunning views of the cliffs and countryside.

B&B review | Black Rock House, Hastings 2010