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Map of Sussex in 1851 showing the six Rapes. A rape is a traditional territorial sub-division of Sussex, formerly used for various administrative purposes. [72] Their origin is unknown, but they appear to predate the Norman Conquest [73] Each rape was split into several hundreds and may be Romano-British or Anglo-Saxon in origin. [74]
Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove.
East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the northeast, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the northwest, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Brighton and Hove , and the county town is Lewes .
West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Crawley , and the county town is the city of Chichester .
The geology of East Sussex is defined by the Weald–Artois anticline, a 60 kilometres (37 mi) wide and 100 kilometres (62 mi) long fold within which caused the arching up of the chalk into a broad dome within the middle Miocene, [1] which has subsequently been eroded to reveal a lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic stratigraphy.
Hand-drawn map of Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Middlesex from 1575. By the 17th century, tensions between Britain and the powers of the Netherlands and France led to increasing military build-up in the county.
The South Downs are a range of chalk hills in the south-eastern coastal counties of England that extends for about 260 sq mi (670 km 2) [1] across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east.
Hastings (/ ˈ h eɪ s t ɪ ŋ z / HAY-stingz) is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings , which took place 8 mi (13 km) to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066.