Herstmonceux

British  

/ -ˌsəʊ, ˈhɜːstmənˌsjuː /

noun

1. a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990

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Example Sentences

In 1957, the Royal Greenwich Observatory reopened at the Herstmonceux Castle, and the defunct observatory in London became a museum and outreach center to educate the public about astronomy.

From Slate • Jun. 26, 2018

It's like trug Mecca” For Sarah Page, it was a business that came with the house she and her family bought in the 1990s - Coopers Croft in Herstmonceux.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2014

As the moon's shadow raced over Greenland, it was waylaid by Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Britain's Astronomer Royal and lord of Herstmonceux Castle, now the Royal Observatory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the flat marshes to Pevensey, marshes then covered at high tide--leaving on the left the high lands of Herstmonceux, where the father of "Roaring Ralph" of that ilk still resided, lord paramount.

From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

To the knight above Drogo paid his first visit on the following day, and bowed low before Ralph of Herstmonceux.

From The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)