Place:Sussex, England

NameSussex
Alt namesSx.source: common abbreviation (used by UK Post Office)
SSXsource: Curious Fox: UK Counties and Shires [online] (2002). accessed 16 Dec 2002
TypeHistoric county
Coordinates50.87°N 0.01°E
Located inEngland
See alsoEast Sussex, Englandadministrative county covering the eastern part since 1888
West Sussex, Englandadministrative county covering the western part since 1888
Contained Places
Unknown
Little Chelsea (Eastbourne)
Upperton (Eastbourne)
Upperton (Tillington)
Administrative county
East Sussex ( - 1974 )
West Sussex ( - 1974 )
Borough
Winchelsea
Borough (county)
Brighton
Eastbourne
Hastings
Borough (municipal)
Arundel
Bexhill on Sea
Chichester
Crawley
Horsham
Hove
Lewes
Rye
Worthing
Former administrative division
Arundel Rape
Bramber Rape
Chichester Rape
Hastings Rape
Lewes Rape
Pevensey Rape
Hundred
Alciston Hundred
Aldwick Hundred
Avisford Hundred
Balstrow Hundred
Barcombe Hundred
Battle Hundred
Bexhill Hundred
Bishopstone Hundred
Bosham Hundred
Box and Stockbridge Hundred
Brightford Hundred
Burbeach Hundred
Burleigh Arches Hundred
Bury Hundred
Buttinghill Hundred
Danehill Horsted Hundred
Dean Hundred
Dill Hundred
Dumpford Hundred
Easebourne Hundred
East Easwrith Hundred
East Grinstead Hundred
Eastbourne Hundred
Fishergate Hundred
Flexborough Hundred
Foxearle Hundred
Goldspur Hundred
Gostrow Hundred
Guestling Hundred
Hartfield Hundred
Hawkesborough Hundred
Henhurst Hundred
Holmstrow Hundred
Longbridge Hundred
Loxfield Dorset Hundred
Loxfield Pelham Hundred
Manhood Hundred
Netherfield Hundred
Ninfield Hundred
Patching Hundred
Pevensey Lowey Hundred
Poling Hundred
Poynings Hundred
Preston Hundred
Ringmer Hundred
Rotherbridge Hundred
Rotherfield Hundred
Rushmonden Hundred
Shiplake Hundred
Shoyswell Hundred
Singlecross Hundred
Staple Hundred
Steyning Hundred
Street Hundred
Swanborough Hundred
Tarring Hundred
Tipnoak Hundred
Totnore Hundred
West Easwrith Hundred
West Grinstead Hundred
Westbourne and Singleton Hundred
Whalebone Hundred
Willingdon Hundred
Winchelsea Hundred
Windham and Ewhurst Hundred
Younsmere Hundred
Inhabited place
High Hurstwood
Modern county
East Sussex ( - 1974 )
West Sussex ( - 1974 )
Parish
Albourne
Alciston
Aldingbourne
Aldwick
Alfriston
Amberley
Angmering
Appledram
Ardingly
Arlington
Arundel
Ashburnham
Ashington
Ashurst
Balcombe
Barcombe
Barlavington
Barnham
Battle
Beckley
Beddingham
Bepton
Bersted
Berwick
Bignor
Billingshurst
Binderton ( - 1974 )
Binsted
Birdham
Bishopstone
Bodiam
Bognor Regis
Bolney
Bosham
Botolphs
Boxgrove
Bramber
Brede
Brightling
Broadwater
Broomhill
Burgess Hill
Burpham
Burton
Burwash
Bury
Buxted
Camber
Catsfield
Chailey
Chalvington ( - 1974 )
Chichester St. Bartholomew Rural
Chichester St. Pancras Rural
Chichester Sub Deanery Rural
Chichester
Chiddingly
Chidham
Chithurst
Clapham
Clayton
Climping
Coates
Cocking
Coldwaltham
Colgate
Compton
Coombes
Cowfold
Crawley
Crowborough
Crowhurst
Cuckfield Rural (parish)
Cuckmere Valley ( 1990 - )
Dallington
Danehill
Denton ( - 1934 )
Didling
Ditchling
Donnington
Duncton
Durrington
Earnley
Eartham
Easebourne
East Blatchington
East Chiltington
East Dean and Friston
East Grinstead
East Guldeford
East Hoathly with Halland
East Lavington
East Marden ( - 1933 )
East Preston
East Wittering
Eastbourne
Eastdean (near Chichester)
Eastergate
Edburton
Egdean
Elsted and Treyford ( 1974 - )
Elsted
Etchingham
Ewhurst
Fairlight
Falmer
Felpham
Fernhurst
Ferring
Findon
Firle
Fittleworth
Fletching
Folkington
Ford
Forest Row
Framfield
Frant
Fulking
Funtington
Glynde
Goring by Sea
Graffham
Greatham ( - 1933 )
Guestling
Hadlow Down
Hailsham
Hamsey
Hardham
Hartfield
Harting
Hassocks
Hastings All Saints
Hastings Holy Trinity ( - 1909 )
Hastings St. Andrew ( - 1909 )
Hastings St. Clement
Hastings St. Mary Bulverhythe ( - 1909 )
Hastings St. Mary Magdalen ( - 1909 )
Hastings St. Mary in the Castle ( - 1939 )
Hastings St. Matthew
Hastings St. Michael ( - 1909 )
Hastings
Heathfield
Heene
Hellingly
Henfield
Herstmonceux
Heyshott
Hollington Rural
Hollington
Hooe
Horam
Horsham Rural (parish)
Horsham
Horsted Keynes
Houghton
Hove
Hunston
Hurst Green
Hurstpierpoint
Icklesham
Iden
Ifield
Iford
Iping
Isfield
Itchingfield
Jevington
Keymer
Kingston by Ferring
Kingston by Sea
Kingston near Lewes
Kirdford
Lamberhurst ( - 1895 )
Lancing
Laughton
Lavant ( 1872 - )
Lewes St. Ann Without
Lewes St. John Without
Linch
Linchmere
Lindfield
Litlington
Little Horsted
Littlehampton
Lodsworth
Long Man ( 1990 - )
Lower Beeding
Loxwood
Lullington
Lurgashall
Lyminster
Madehurst
Marden ( 1933 - )
Maresfield
Mayfield
Merston ( - 1933 )
Middleton on Sea
Midhurst
Milland
Mountfield
New Fishbourne
Newhaven
Newick
Newtimber
Ninfield
North Marden
North Mundham
North Stoke
Northchapel
Northiam
Nuthurst
Old Shoreham ( - 1933 )
Ore
Oving
Ovingdean
Pagham
Parham
Patcham
Patching
Peacehaven
Peasmarsh
Penhurst
Pett
Petworth
Pevensey
Piddinghoe
Plaistow
Playden
Plumpton
Polegate
Poling
Portslade
Poynings
Preston Rural
Preston
Pulborough
Pyecombe
Rackham
Racton
Ringmer
Ripe ( - 1974 )
Robertsbridge
Rodmell
Rogate
Rotherfield
Rottingdean
Rudgwick
Rumboldswyke ( - 1893 )
Rusper
Rustington
Rye Foreign
Rye
Salehurst
Seaford
Sedlescombe
Selham
Selmeston
Selsey
Shermanbury
Shipley
Shoreham by Sea
Sidlesham
Singleton
Slaugham
Slindon
Slinfold
Sompting
South Bersted
South Heighton
South Malling Without
South Malling
South Stoke
Southease
Southover Without
Southwater
Southwick
St. Leonards on Sea
Stanmer ( - 1928 )
Stedham with Iping ( 1974 - )
Stedham
Steyning
Stopham
Storrington
Stoughton
Streat
Sullington
Sutton
Tangmere
Tarring Neville
Telscombe
Terwick ( - 1959 )
Thakeham
Ticehurst
Tillington
Tortington
Treyford
Trotton with Chithurst ( 1974 - )
Trotton
Turners Hill
Twineham
Uckfield
Udimore
Up Marden
Up Waltham
Upper Beeding
Wadhurst
Walberton
Waldron
Warbleton
Warminghurst
Warnham
Warningcamp
Wartling
Washington
West Blatchington
West Chiltington
West Dean (near Chichester)
West Grinstead
West Hoathly
West Itchenor
West Lavington
West Stoke ( - 1933 )
West Tarring ( - 1902 )
West Thorney
West Wittering
Westbourne
Westdean
Westfield
Westham
Westhampnett
Westmeston
Whatlington
Wiggonholt ( - 1933 )
Willingdon
Wilmington
Winchelsea
Wisborough Green
Wiston
Withyham
Wivelsfield
Woodmancote
Woolbeding with Redford
Worth
Worthing
Yapton
Parish (ancient)
Hastings St. Clement's
Registration district
Battle Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Brighton Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Chailey Registration District ( 1837 - 1838 )
Chanctonbury Registration District ( 1935 - 1974 )
Chichester Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Cuckfield Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
East Grinstead Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
East Preston Registration District ( 1870 - 1935 )
Eastbourne Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Hailsham Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Hastings Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Horsham Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Hove Registration District ( 1835 - 1974 )
Lewes Registration District ( 1837 - 1974 )
Midhurst Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Midhurst and Petworth Registration District ( 1935 - 1974 )
Newhaven (early) registration district ( 1837 - 1839 )
Newhaven (late) registration district ( 1901 - 1935 )
Petworth Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Rye Registration District ( 1837 - 1895 )
Steyning Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Thakenham Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Ticehurst Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Uckfield Registration District
West Firle Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Westbourne Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Westhampnett Registration District ( 1837 - 1935 )
Worthing Registration District (1837-1869) ( 1837 - 1869 )
Worthing Registration District (1935-1964) ( 1935 - 1974 )
Rural district
Battle Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Chailey Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Chanctonbury Rural ( 1933 - 1974 )
Chichester Rural ( 1933 - 1974 )
Cuckfield Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
East Grinstead Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
East Preston Rural ( 1894 - 1933 )
Eastbourne Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Hailsham Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Hastings Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Horsham Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Midhurst Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Newhaven Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Petworth Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Rye Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Steyning East Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Steyning West Rural ( 1894 - 1933 )
Thakeham Rural ( 1894 - 1933 )
Ticehurst Rural ( 1894 - 1934 )
Uckfield Rural ( 1894 - 1974 )
Westbourne Rural ( 1894 - 1933 )
Westhampnett Rural ( 1894 - 1933 )
Worthing Rural ( 1933 - 1974 )
Settlement
Cripps Corner
Tything
Ambersham ( 1844 - )
Urban district
Battle
Bognor Regis
Burgess Hill
Cuckfield
East Grinstead
Haywards Heath
Littlehampton
Newhaven
Portslade
Seaford
Shoreham by Sea
Southwick
Uckfield
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


Sussex was divided officially into the two separate counties of East Sussex and West Sussex in 1974 but East and West Sussex had been used by the Post Office for many years previously and had found their way into general usage. Here, places are described as first being in Sussex, and secondly in either East Sussex or West Sussex.

Each of the two new counties have their own Record Offices. Information for these is given under "Reseach tips" below.

Mid Sussex District, a local municipality in the middle of the county, was formed in West Sussex in 1974, but made up of parishes that had previously been in East Sussex.


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Sussex, from the Old English, is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex.

Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted City status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic sub-regions, each oriented approximately east to west. In the southwest is the fertile and densely populated coastal plain. North of this are the rolling chalk hills of the South Downs, beyond which is the well-wooded Sussex Weald.

Sussex was home to some of Europe's earliest known hominids (Homo heidelbergensis), whose remains at Boxgrove have been dated to 500,000 years ago. Sussex played a key role in the Roman conquest of Britain, with some of the earliest significant signs of a Roman presence in Britain. Local chieftains allied with Rome, resulting in Cogidubnus being given a client kingdom centred on Chichester. The kingdom of Sussex was founded in the aftermath of the Roman withdrawal from Britain. According to legend, it was founded by Ælle, King of Sussex, in AD 477. Around 827, it was annexed by the kingdom of Wessex and subsequently became a county of England. Sussex played a key role in the Norman conquest of England when in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, landed at Pevensey and fought the decisive Battle of Hastings.

In 1974, the Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex was replaced with one each for East and West Sussex, which became separate ceremonial counties. Sussex continues to be recognised as a geographical territory and cultural region. It has had a single police force since 1968 and its name is in common use in the media. In 2007, Sussex Day was created to celebrate the county's rich culture and history and in 2011 the flag of Sussex was recognised by the Flag Institute. In 2013, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles formally recognised and acknowledged the continued existence of England's 39 historic counties, including Sussex.

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History

Wikipedia has a summary of the history of Sussex up to the Norman period.

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Norman Sussex

Sussex was the venue for the momentous Battle of Hastings, the decisive victory in the Norman conquest of England. In September 1066, William of Normandy landed with his forces at Pevensey and erected a wooden castle at Hastings, from which they raided the surrounding area. The battle was fought between Duke William of Normandy and the English king, Harold Godwinson, who had strong connections with Sussex and whose chief seat was probably in Bosham. After having marched his exhausted army all the way from Yorkshire, Harold fought the Normans at the Battle of Hastings, where England's army was defeated and Harold was killed. It is likely that all the fighting men of Sussex were at the battle, as the county's thegns were decimated and any that survived had their lands confiscated. William built Battle Abbey at the site of the battle, with the exact spot where Harold fell marked by the high altar.[1]

Sussex experienced some of the greatest changes of any English county under the Normans, for it was the heartland of King Harold and was potentially vulnerable to further invasion. The county was of great importance to the Normans; Hastings and Pevensey being on the most direct route for Normandy. The county's existing sub-divisions, known as rapes, were made into castleries and each territory was given to one of William's most trusted barons. Castles were built to defend the territories including at Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings. Sussex's bishop, Æthelric II, was deposed and imprisoned and replaced with William the Conqueror's personal chaplain, Stigand. The Normans also built Chichester Cathedral and moved the seat of Sussex's bishopric from Selsey to Chichester. The Normans also founded new towns in Sussex, including New Shoreham (the centre of modern Shoreham by Sea, Battle, Arundel, Uckfield and Winchelsea.[2]

In 1264, the Sussex Downs were the location of the Battle of Lewes, in which Simon de Montfort and his fellow barons captured Prince Edward (later Edward I), the son and heir of Henry III. The subsequent treaty, known as the Mise of Lewes, led to de Montfort summoning the first parliament in English history without any prior royal authorisation. A provisional administration was set up, consisting of de Montfort, the Bishop of Chichester and the Earl of Gloucester. These three were to elect a council of nine, to govern until a permanent settlement could be reached.

Sussex under the Plantagenets

During the Hundred Years War, Sussex found itself on the frontline, convenient both for intended invasions and retaliatory expeditions by licensed French pirates. Hastings, Rye and Winchelsea were all burnt during this period[3] and all three towns became part of the Cinque Ports, a loose federation for supplying ships for the country's security. Also at this time, Amberley and Bodiam castles were built to defend the upper reaches of navigable rivers.[3]

Early modern Sussex

Like the rest of the country, the Church of England's split with Rome during the reign of Henry VIII was felt in Sussex. In 1538 there was a royal order for the demolition of the shrine of Saint Richard, in Chichester Cathedral, with Thomas Cromwell saying that there was "a certain kind of idolatry about the shrine".[4] In the reign of Queen Mary, 41 people in Sussex were burnt at the stake for their Protestant beliefs.[5] Elizabeth re-established the break with Rome when she passed the 1559 Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity. Under Elizabeth I, religious intolerance continued albeit on a lesser scale, with several people being executed for their Catholic beliefs.[3]

Sussex escaped the worst ravages of the English Civil War, although in 1642 there were sieges at Arundel and Chichester, and a skirmish at Haywards Heath when Royalists marching towards Lewes were intercepted by local Parliamentarians. The Royalists were routed with around 200 killed or taken prisoner. Despite its being under Parliamentarian control, Charles II was able to journey through the county after the Battle of Worcester in 1651 to make his escape to France from the port of Shoreham.

Late modern and contemporary Sussex

The Sussex coast was greatly modified by the social movement of sea bathing for health which became fashionable among the wealthy in the second half of the 18th century.[2] Resorts developed all along the coast, including at Brighton, Hastings, Worthing, and Bognor.[2] At the beginning of the 19th century agricultural labourers' conditions took a turn for the worse with an increasing amount of them becoming unemployed, those in work faced their wages being forced down. Conditions became so bad that it was even reported to the House of Lords in 1830 that four harvest labourers (seasonal workers) had been found dead of starvation.[6] The deteriorating conditions of work for the agricultural labourer eventually triggered riots, first in neighbouring Kent, and then in Sussex, where they lasted for several weeks, although the unrest continued until 1832 and became known as the Swing Riots.[6]

Railways spread across Sussex in the 19th century and county councils were created for Sussex's eastern and western divisions (i.e., East Sussex and West Sussex) in 1889.

During World War I, on the eve of the Battle of the Somme on 30 June 1916, the Royal Sussex Regiment took part in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué. The day subsequently became known as The Day Sussex Died.[7] Over a period of less than five hours the 17 officers and 349 men were killed, including 12 sets of brothers, including three from one family.[7] A further 1,000 men were wounded or taken prisoner.[7]

With the declaration of the World War II, Sussex found itself part of the country's frontline with its airfields playing a key role in the Battle of Britain and with its towns being some of the most frequently bombed. As the Sussex regiments served overseas, the defence of the county was undertaken by units of the Home Guard with help from the First Canadian Army.[8] During the lead up to the D-Day landings, the people of Sussex were witness to the buildup of military personnel and materials, including the assembly of landing crafts and construction of Mulberry harbours off the county's coast.[9]

In the post-war era, the New Towns Act 1946 designated Crawley as the site of a new town. As part of the Local Government Act 1972, the eastern and western divisions of Sussex were made into the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex in 1974. Under the Planning Zone associated with Gatwick Airport and Crawley, under the Redcliffe-Maud Report, West Sussex gained an area formerly in East Sussex and the airport land itself from Horley and Charlwood in Surrey. This area became the Mid Sussex District from 1974.

Historical Governance

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

The Kingdom of Sussex became the county of Sussex; then after the coming of Christianity; the see originally founded in Selsey, was moved to Chichester in the 11th century. The See of Chichester was coterminous with the county borders. In the 12th century the see was split into two archdeaconries centred at Chichester and Lewes.

Since its creation in the fifth century, Sussex has been subject to periodic reform of its local governance. After the Reform Act of 1832 Sussex was divided into the eastern division and the western division, these divisions were coterminous with the two archdeaconries of Chichester and Lewes. In 1889, following the Local Government Act 1888, using those same boundaries, Sussex was divided into two administrative counties, East Sussex and West Sussex together with three self-governing county boroughs, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county boundaries were revised with the mid-Sussex area of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and Hassocks being transferred from East Sussex into West Sussex along with Crawley and the wider Gatwick Airport area that was formerly part of Surrey. The county boroughs were returned to the control of the two county councils, but in 1997 the towns of Brighton and Hove were amalgamated as a unitary local authority and in 2000, Brighton and Hove was given City status.

In the early Norman period the county was divided into six new baronies, called rapes, each with at least one town and a castle. These were Arundel Rape, Chichester Rape (which were combined in early times), Bramber Rape, Hastings Rape, Lewes Rape and Pevensey Rape. The rapes were divided into hundreds as in other counties, and the hundreds were made of of parishes. The boroughs (larger communities, officially classified as "boroughs") were independent of the hundreds.

There is a map of the rapes, hundreds and boroughs in Wikipedia with a link to the original map in Wikimedia which is viewable or downloadable in a sufficiently large size to be read. WeRelate has a page for each rape, listing its hundreds and parishes in the form of a table.

At the end of the 19th century the county, like all other counties in England, was divided into urban and rural districts, in addition to the county and municipal boroughs which had existed since 1835.

In 1974 the county was divided into the two ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex and each of these counties abolished the earlier structure and joined all the local government administrations into "district municipalities". These are listed under East Sussex and West Sussex.

Research Tips

  • The East Sussex Record Office, The Keep, Woollards Way, Brighton, BN1 9BP, United Kingdom (email thekeep@eastsussex.gov.uk) holds material for the Archdeaconry of Lewes, present-day East Sussex, and therefore generally holds historical material for East Sussex parishes only. An on-line catalogue for some of the collections held by the East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) is available under the Access to Archives (A2A) project (a nationwide facility housed at The National Archives, Kew).
  • The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies' Sussex Collection (PDF). This is a 9-page PDF naming the files relating to Sussex in their collection-a possible first step in a course of research.
  • Further resources may be found on GENUKI's main page on Sussex.
  • The National Library of Scotland has a website which provides maps taken from the Ordnance Survey England & Wales One-Inch to the Mile series of 1892-1908 as well as equivalent maps for Scotland itself. The immediate presentation is a "help" screen and a place selection screen prompting the entry of a location down to town, village or parish level. These screens can be removed by a click of the "X". The map is very clear and shows parish and county boundaries and many large buildings and estates that existed at the turn of the 20th century. Magnification can be adjusted and an "overlay feature" allows inspection of the area today along with that of 1900. The specific map from the series can be viewed as a whole ("View this map") and this allows the inspection of the map legend (found in the left hand bottom corner. Becoming familiar with the various facilities of these maps is well worth the trouble.
  • The West Sussex Record Office is located in Chichester. Because it holds the records of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, which covers the whole of Sussex, it has church records relating to both parts of Sussex.
  • An on-line catalogue for some of the collections held by the West Sussex Record Office is available under the Access to Archives (A2A) project (a nationwide facility housed at The National Archives, Kew).
  • West Sussex Past - database of 2 million records from West Sussex heritage organizations.
  • The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies' Sussex Collection (PDF). This is a 9-page PDF naming the files relating to Sussex in their collection-a possible first step in a course of research.
  • The National Library of Scotland has a website which provides maps taken from the Ordnance Survey England & Wales One-Inch to the Mile series of 1892-1908 as well as equivalent maps for Scotland itself. The immediate presentation is a "help" screen and a place selection screen prompting the entry of a location down to town, village or parish level. These screens can be removed by a click of the "X". The map is very clear and shows parish and county boundaries and many large buildings and estates that existed at the turn of the 20th century. Magnification can be adjusted and an "overlay feature" allows inspection of the area today along with that of 1900. The specific map from the series can be viewed as a whole ("View this map") and this allows the inspection of the map legend (found in the left hand bottom corner. Becoming familiar with the various facilities of these maps is well worth the trouble.


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This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at History of Sussex. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.