Rape of Pevensey

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. 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 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 Beacon in the High Weald is the highest point in the rape.

Sub-divisions

The rape is divided into the following hundreds:

• Alciston
• Bishopstone
• Burleigh Arches
• Danehill Horsted
• Dill
• East Grinstead
• Eastbourne
• Flexborough
• Hartfield
• Longbridge
• Loxfield Camden
• Loxfield Dorset
• Pevensey Lowey
• Ringmer
• Rotherfield
• Rushmonden
• Shiplake
• Totnore
• Willingdon

Outside links

• Pevensey Rape through time - A Vision of Britain