Rape of Pevensey

Rape of Pevensey
Area
 • 1821 228,930 acres (926.4 km2)
 • 1831 228,930 acres (926.4 km2)
Population
 • 1821 44,830
 • 1831 49,776
Density
 • 1821 0.20 inhabitants per acre (49/km2)
 • 1831 0.22 inhabitants per acre (54/km2)
History
 • Created 6th to 11th century
 • Succeeded by Sussex (eastern division)
Status Rape (county subdivision)
 • HQ Pevensey
Subdivisions
 • Type Hundreds
 • Units Alciston, Bishopstone, Burleigh Arches, Danehill, Horsted, Dill, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Flexborough, Hartfield, Longbridge, Loxfield Dorset, Loxfield Pelham, Pevensey Lowey, Ringmer, Rotherfield, Rushmonden, Shiplake, Totnore, Willingdon

The Rape of Pevensey is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England.

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 242 metres (794 ft) tall, Crowborough Beacon in the High Weald is the highest point in the rape.

Sub-divisions

The rape is traditionally divided into the following hundreds:

See also

References

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