Items in Sussex

Gatehouse, Battle Abbey (wallpaper version)

Cropped version of Gatehouse, Battle Abbey intended for use as a computer desktop background or wallpaper; I cropped the image so it’s 1600x1200 pixels, and also made 1024x768, 800x600 and 640x480 ver [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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118.—Gatehouse, Battle Abbey.

The abbey at Battle commemorates the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated King Harold on 14th October, 1066, to become the King of England. The buildings were used as a school fr [...]

Keywords: abbeys, towers, entrances, trees, people

Places shown: Battle; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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86.—Pevensey Castle

“The Rape of Pevensey is of a curious shape. [Sussex is divided into six regions called Rapes] It narrows somewhat towards the middle and bulges out towards the top, or north end. This appears to be t [...]

Keywords: castles, ruins, roman remains, trees, water, towers, colour

Places shown: Pevensey; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle in Sussex dates from 1385; follow the Bodiam link for at least one more picture of this picturesque castle.

National Trust Web page for Bodiam Castle

Keywords: colour, castles, moats, towers, water

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-30

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Antique Map of Sussex

Antique Map of Sussex

Keywords: maps, colour

Places shown: Sussex; England

Added: 2008-10-09

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Ypres Tower, Rye

[in the Middle Ages] There were three strong gates, and on the south side, looking out across the sea, was a large stone watch-tower, known as the Ypres Tower (pronounced locally ‘Wipers’). It was bu [...]

Keywords: towers, castles, ruins

Places shown: Rye; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-03-21

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Mermaid Street, Rye

Another old street is Mermaid Street, with its famous inn of that name and its beautiful timbered hospital In this street lived Samuel Jeakes, a well-known Rye worthy, born in 1623; he was a lawyer an [...]

Keywords: drawings, streets, buildings

Places shown: Rye; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-10-30

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18. Bodiam Castle, Sussex (1386)

Showing the Moat.

Now owned by the National Trust, Bodiam Castle dates from 1385, and is in all the books on castles because of its surviving moat.

Keywords: castles, ruins, moats, towers, water, architecture, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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Overview map of Sussex, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Sussex; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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926.—Arundel Castle

In this wood engraving, the castle is in the middle distance, with someone squatting or perhaps sitting and fishing, in the foregroud to give a sense of scale. Arundel Castle (Fig. 926) has for many c [...]

Keywords: castles, battlements, views

Places shown: Arundel; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-03

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914.—Strand Gate, Winchelsea

Built in the late 13th Century. It still has a road running through the arch today.

Keywords: castles, ruins, towers, arches

Places shown: Winchelsea; Sussex; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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925.—Bodiam Castle, Sussex.

The castle stands in the moat. One of a number of pictures of Bodiam Castle on this Web site.

Keywords: castles, moats, towers, water

Places shown: Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Added: 2008-08-03

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