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Sussex, a S. maritime county of England, fronts the English Channel between Hampshire (W.) and Kent (E.), with Surrey on its northern border; is traversed E. and W. by the South Downs, which afford splendid pasturage for half a million sheep, and terminates in Beachy Head; in the N. lies the wide, fertile, and richly-wooded plain of the Weald; chief rivers are the Arun, Adur, Ouse, and Rother, of no great size; is a fine agricultural county, more than two-thirds of its area being under cultivation; was the scene of Cæsar's landing (55 B.C.), of Ælla's, the leader of the South Saxons (whence the name Sussex), and of William the Conqueror's (1066); throughout the country are interesting antiquities; largest town, Brighton; county town, Lewes.

Population (1907) 550,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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105.—General View of the Ruin of Pevensey Castle.
106.—Plan of Pevensey Castle.
107.—Walls and Gate, Pevensey.
108.—Walls, Pevensey.
109.—Supposed Saxon Keep, Pevensey.
110.—Sally Port, Pevensey.
111.—Norman Keep, Pevensey.
112.—Interior of Norman Tower, Pevensey.
18.  Bodiam Castle, Sussex (1386)
Crawley, Sussex
Hastings: The Castle.
86.—Pevensey Castle
914.—Strand Gate, Winchelsea
925.—Bodiam Castle, Sussex.
926.—Arundel Castle
Bodiam Castle
105.—Arundel Castle
Singleton.
Gatehouse, Battle Abbey (wallpaper version)
Gatehouse, Battle Abbey.
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Arundel; Sussex; England

Battle; Sussex; England

Bodiam; Robertsbridge; Sussex; England

Crawley; Sussex; England

Hastings; Sussex; England

Pevensey; Sussex; England

Singleton; Sussex; England

Winchelsea; Sussex; England