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The Rape of Arundel is one of the rapes of Sussex, the traditional divisions unique to that county.
The population of the rape of Arundel was 22,478 in 1801[1] and 24,276 in 1811.[1]
Location
The rape of Chichester lies to its west and the rape of Bramber lies to its east. To the north the rape is bounded by the county of Surrey and to the south by the English Channel. The rape of Arundel includes the towns of Arundel and Littlehampton. Its highest point is Glatting Beacon on the South Downs, which is 804 ft tall.
Sub-divisions
The rape is divided into the following hundreds:
- Avisford (named Binsted in 1086 but had its later name by 1166)[2]
- Bury
- Poling
- Rotherbridge
- West Easwrith
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dallaway, James (1815). A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, Volume 1. T. Bensley.
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol5/pt1/pp102-104