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[[File:Pevensey castle-09.jpg|thumb|300px| Pevensey Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape]] | [[File:Pevensey castle-09.jpg|thumb|300px| Pevensey Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape]] | ||
The '''Rape of Pevensey''' is one of the rapes of [[Sussex]], the traditional divisions unique to that county. | The '''Rape of Pevensey''' is one of the rapes of [[Sussex]], the traditional divisions unique to that county. It had a population of 328,056 in 2011. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
[[File:The Rape of Pevensey - Sussex.svg|thumb|400px|Pevensey Rape shown within Sussex]] | |||
Pevensey rape lies between the [[rape of Lewes]] to the west and the [[rape of Hastings]] to the east. The north-west of the rape is bounded by the county of Surrey and the north-east of the rape by the county of Kent. To the south lies the [[English Channel]]. The rape of Pevensey includes the towns of [[Crowborough]], [[Eastbourne]] and [[East Grinstead]]. At 794 ft tall, [[Crowborough|Crowborough Beacon]] in the [[High Weald]] is the highest point in the rape. | Pevensey rape lies between the [[rape of Lewes]] to the west and the [[rape of Hastings]] to the east. The north-west of the rape is bounded by the county of Surrey and the north-east of the rape by the county of Kent. To the south lies the [[English Channel]]. The rape of Pevensey includes the towns of [[Crowborough]], [[Eastbourne]] and [[East Grinstead]]. At 794 ft tall, [[Crowborough|Crowborough Beacon]] in the [[High Weald]] is the highest point in the rape. | ||
==Sub-divisions== | ==Sub-divisions== | ||
The rape is divided into the following hundreds: | The rape is divided into the following hundreds: | ||
{{div col|3}} | |||
* [[Alciston]] | * [[Alciston Hundred|Alciston]] | ||
* [[Bishopstone Hundred|Bishopstone]] | * [[Bishopstone Hundred|Bishopstone]] | ||
* Burleigh Arches | * [[Burleigh Arches]] | ||
* [[Danehill Horsted]] | * [[Danehill Horsted]] | ||
* Dill | * [[Dill]] | ||
* [[East Grinstead]] | * [[East Grinstead Hundred|East Grinstead]] | ||
* [[Eastbourne]] | * [[Eastbourne Hundred|Eastbourne]] | ||
* Flexborough | * [[Flexborough]] | ||
* [[Hartfield]] | * [[Hartfield Hundred|Hartfield]] | ||
* Longbridge | * [[Longbridge Hundred|Longbridge]] | ||
* Loxfield | * [[Loxfield Camden]] | ||
* Loxfield | * [[Loxfield Dorset]] | ||
* [[Pevensey]] | * [[Pevensey Lowey]] | ||
* [[Ringmer]] | * [[Ringmer Hundred|Ringmer]] | ||
* [[Rotherfield]] | * [[Rotherfield Hundred|Rotherfield]] | ||
* Rushmonden | * [[Rushmonden]] | ||
* Shiplake | * [[Shiplake Hundred, Sussex|Shiplake]] | ||
* Totnore | * [[Totnore]] | ||
* [[Willingdon Hundred|Willingdon]] | * [[Willingdon Hundred|Willingdon]] | ||
{{div col end}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:59, 3 March 2021
The Rape of Pevensey is one of the rapes of Sussex, the traditional divisions unique to that county. It had a population of 328,056 in 2011.
History
William the Conqueror granted the rape of Pevensey to his half-brother Robert, Count of Mortain shortly after the Norman Conquest.
Location
Pevensey rape lies between the rape of Lewes to the west and the rape of Hastings to the east. The north-west of the rape is bounded by the county of Surrey and the north-east of the rape by the county of Kent. To the south lies the English Channel. The rape of Pevensey includes the towns of Crowborough, Eastbourne and East Grinstead. At 794 ft tall, Crowborough Beacon in the High Weald is the highest point in the rape.
Sub-divisions
The rape is divided into the following hundreds: