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Rape (county subdivision), the Glossary

A rape is a traditional territorial sub-division of the county of Sussex in England, formerly used for various administrative purposes.^[1]

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Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom
Former subdivisions of England
History of local government in England

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.

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Anglo-Normans

The Anglo-Normans (Anglo-Normaunds, Engel-Norðmandisca) were the medieval ruling class in the Kingdom of England following the Norman Conquest.

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Archdeacon of Chichester

The post of Archdeacon of Chichester was created in the 12th century, although the Diocese of Sussex was founded by St Wilfrid, the exiled Bishop of York, in AD 681.

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Arundel

Arundel is a market town and civil parish in the Arun District of the South Downs, West Sussex, England.

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Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle is a restored and remodelled medieval castle in Arundel, West Sussex, England.

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Battle, East Sussex

Battle is a town and civil parish in the district of Rother in East Sussex, England.

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Berwick, East Sussex

Berwick (pronounced or, more recently) is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex in England.

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Bexhill-on-Sea

Bexhill-on-Sea (often shortened to Bexhill) is a seaside town and civil parish in the Rother District in the county of East Sussex in South East England.

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Blackdown, West Sussex

Blackdown, or Black Down, summit elevation AMSL, is the highest point in both the historic county of Sussex and the South Downs National Park.

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Bognor Regis

Bognor Regis, also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth.

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Bramber

Bramber is a former manor, village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.

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Bramber Castle

Bramber Castle is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle, formerly the caput of the large feudal barony of Bramber long held by the Braose family.

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Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove is a unitary authority with city status in East Sussex, England.

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Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester.

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Burghal Hidage

The Burghal Hidage is an Anglo-Saxon document providing a list of over thirty fortified places (burhs), the majority being in the ancient Kingdom of Wessex, and the taxes (recorded as numbers of hides) assigned for their maintenance.

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Burh

A burh or burg was an Anglo-Saxon fortification or fortified settlement.

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Burpham

Burpham is a rural village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

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Bury Hill, Arundel

Bury Hill is an area of West Sussex, England, north of Arundel and southwest of Bury. Rape (county subdivision) and Bury Hill, Arundel are history of Sussex.

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Bury, West Sussex

Bury is a village and civil parish in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England.

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Caput

Category:Latin words and phrases.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Chanctonbury Hill

Chanctonbury Hill is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Steyning in West Sussex.

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Cheshire

Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Chichester Castle

Chichester Castle stood in the city of the same name in West Sussex.

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Coat of arms of Sussex

A heraldic shield has been associated with the historic county of Sussex since the seventeenth century.

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Coroner

A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death.

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Crawley

Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England.

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Crowborough

Crowborough is a town and civil parish in East Sussex, England, in the Weald at the edge of Ashdown Forest in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, 7 miles (11 km) south-west of Royal Tunbridge Wells and 33 miles (53 km) south of London.

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Demesne

A demesne or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support.

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Ditchling Beacon

Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex, England, with an elevation of.

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Ditchling Common

Ditchling Common is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Wivelsfield in East Sussex.

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Domesday Book

Domesday Book (the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of King William the Conqueror.

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Dutch language

Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.

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East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London.

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Edward Lye

Edward Lye (1694–1767) was an 18th-century scholar of Old English and Germanic philology.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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English language in Southern England

English in Southern England (also, rarely, Southern English English; Southern England English; or in the UK, simply, Southern English) is the collective set of different dialects and accents of Modern English spoken in Southern England.

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English Place-Name Society

The English Place-Name Society (EPNS) is a learned society concerned with toponomastics and the toponymy of England, in other words, the study of place-names (toponyms).

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Eorpeburnan

Eorpeburnan is the first place identified in the Burghal Hidage, a document created in the late 9th or early 10th century, that provides a list of thirty one fortified places in Wessex.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Flag Institute

The Flag Institute is a membership organisation and UK-registered educational charity devoted to the study and promotion of flags and flag flying.

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Flag of Sussex

The Flag of Sussex is the flag of the traditional and historic county of Sussex.

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Food render

Food render or food rent (Old English: foster) was a form of tax in kind (Old English: feorm) levied in Anglo-Saxon England, consisting of essential foodstuffs provided by territories such as regiones, multiple estates or hundreds to kings and other members of royal households at a territory's royal vill.

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Goring-by-Sea

Goring-by-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Goring, is a neighbourhood of Worthing and former civil parish, now in Worthing district in West Sussex, England.

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Guestling

Guestling is a village and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England.

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Hailsham

Hailsham is a town, a civil parish and the administrative centre of the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson (– 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king.

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Hastings

Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London.

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Hastings Castle

Hastings Castle is a keep and bailey castle ruin situated in the town of Hastings, East Sussex.

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Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is a town in West Sussex, England, south of London, north of Brighton, south of Gatwick Airport and northeast of the county town, Chichester.

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Heathfield, East Sussex

Heathfield is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Heathfield and Waldron, in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Heinrich Brunner

Heinrich Brunner (Henry Brunner; 21 June 1840 – 11 August 1915) was a German historian.

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Henry Ellis (librarian)

Sir Henry Ellis (29 November 177715 January 1869) was an English librarian and antiquarian, for a long period principal librarian at the British Museum.

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Henry I of England

Henry I (– 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135.

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Henry I, Count of Eu

Henry I, Count of Eu and Lord of Hastings (c. 1075 – 12 July 1140) was the son of William II, Count of Eu and his wife Beatrice of Bully.

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History of local government in Sussex

The history of local government in Sussex is unique and complex. Rape (county subdivision) and history of local government in Sussex are history of Sussex.

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History of Sussex

Sussex, from the Old English 'Sūþsēaxe' ('South Saxons'), is a historic county in South East England.

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Horsham

Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England.

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Hreppur

A hreppur is a rural municipality in Iceland.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region. Rape (county subdivision) and hundred (county division) are Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom and former subdivisions of England.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Ifield, West Sussex

Ifield is a former village and now one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England.

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J. Horace Round

(John) Horace Round (22 February 1854 – 24 June 1928) was a historian and genealogist of the English medieval period.

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John Morris (historian)

John Robert Morris (8 June 1913 – 1 June 1977) was an English historian who specialised in the study of the institutions of the Roman Empire and the history of Sub-Roman Britain.

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Kent

Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.

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Kingdom of Sussex

The Kingdom of the South Saxons, today referred to as the Kingdom of Sussex (from Suth-sæxe, in turn from Suth-Seaxe or Sūþseaxna rīce, meaning "(land or people of/Kingdom of) the South Saxons"), was one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England. Rape (county subdivision) and kingdom of Sussex are history of Sussex.

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Lathe (county subdivision)

A lathe (Old English: lǽð; Latin: lestus) formed an administrative country subdivision of the county of Kent, England, from the Anglo-Saxon period, until it fell out of general practical use in the early twentieth century. Rape (county subdivision) and lathe (county subdivision) are Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom and former subdivisions of England.

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Lewes

Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England.

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Lewes Castle

Lewes Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Lewes in East Sussex, England.

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Littlehampton

Littlehampton is a town, seaside resort and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler.

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Manhood Peninsula

The Manhood Peninsula is in the southwest of West Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and Manhood Peninsula are history of Sussex.

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Midhurst

Midhurst is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Muster (military)

In military organization, the term muster is the process or event of accounting for members in a military unit.

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Newhaven

Newhaven is a port town in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England, lying at the mouth of the River Ouse.

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Ninfield

Ninfield is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Non-metropolitan county

A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government.

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Norman Conquest

The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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Old English

Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Parts of Lincolnshire

The three parts of the English county of Lincolnshire are or were divisions of the second-largest county in England. Rape (county subdivision) and parts of Lincolnshire are Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom.

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Peacehaven

Peacehaven is a town and civil parish in the Lewes district of East Sussex, England.

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Pevensey

Pevensey is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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Pevensey Castle

Pevensey Castle is a medieval castle and former Roman Saxon Shore fort at Pevensey in the English county of East Sussex.

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Philip de Braose

Philip de Braose, 2nd Lord of Bramber (1070 – c. 1134) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman and Marcher Lord.

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Piltdown

Piltdown is a series of hamlets in East Sussex, England,Villagenet,, accessed 1 June 2023 located south of Ashdown Forest.

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Poling, West Sussex

Poling is a village and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England, southeast of Arundel on a minor road south of the A27.

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Rape of Arundel

The Rape of Arundel (also known as Arundel Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Arundel are history of Sussex.

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Rape of Bramber

The Rape of Bramber (also known as Bramber Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Bramber are history of Sussex.

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Rape of Chichester

The Rape of Chichester (also known as Chichester Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Chichester are history of Sussex.

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Rape of Hastings

The Rape of Hastings (also known as Hastings Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Hastings are history of Sussex.

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Rape of Lewes

The Rape of Lewes (also known as Lewes Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Lewes are history of Sussex.

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Rape of Pevensey

The Rape of Pevensey (also known as Pevensey Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England. Rape (county subdivision) and rape of Pevensey are history of Sussex.

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Riding (division)

A riding is an administrative jurisdiction or electoral district, particularly in several current or former Commonwealth countries. Rape (county subdivision) and riding (division) are former subdivisions of England.

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River Adur

The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex.

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River Arun

The River Arun is a river in the English county of West Sussex.

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River Ouse, Sussex

The Ouse is a long river in the English counties of West and East Sussex.

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Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury

Robert de Bellême (– after 1130), seigneur de Bellême (or Belèsme), seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror.

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Romano-British culture

The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia.

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Rope, Cheshire

Rope is a scattered settlement and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Rotherbridge

Rotherbridge is a small, rural community situated approximately south-west of Petworth in West Sussex, England.

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Rye, East Sussex

Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, from the sea at the confluence of three rivers: the Rother, the Tillingham and the Brede.

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Seaford, East Sussex

Seaford is a town in East Sussex, England, east of Newhaven and west of Eastbourne.

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Selsey

Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester, in the Chichester district, in West Sussex, England.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated.

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Shire

Shire (also) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia.

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Shoreham-by-Sea

Shoreham-by-Sea (often shortened to Shoreham) is a coastal town and port in the Adur district, in the county of West Sussex, England.

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Southwick, West Sussex

Southwick is a town in the Adur district of West Sussex, England located five miles (8 km) west of Brighton.

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Steward (office)

A steward is an official who is appointed by the legal ruling monarch to represent them in a country and who may have a mandate to govern it in their name; in the latter case, it is synonymous with the position of regent, vicegerent, viceroy, king's lieutenant (for Romance languages), governor, or deputy (the Roman rector, praefectus, or vicarius).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_(county_subdivision)

Also known as Rape (country subdivision), Rape (district), Rape (division), Rapes Of Sussex, Sussex rapes.

, Harold Godwinson, Hastings, Hastings Castle, Haywards Heath, Heathfield, East Sussex, Heinrich Brunner, Henry Ellis (librarian), Henry I of England, Henry I, Count of Eu, History of local government in Sussex, History of Sussex, Horsham, Hreppur, Hundred (county division), Iceland, Ifield, West Sussex, J. Horace Round, John Morris (historian), Kent, Kingdom of Sussex, Lathe (county subdivision), Lewes, Lewes Castle, Littlehampton, Local Government Act 1972, Lord, Manhood Peninsula, Midhurst, Muster (military), Newhaven, Ninfield, Non-metropolitan county, Norman Conquest, Old English, Parts of Lincolnshire, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Pevensey Castle, Philip de Braose, Piltdown, Poling, West Sussex, Rape of Arundel, Rape of Bramber, Rape of Chichester, Rape of Hastings, Rape of Lewes, Rape of Pevensey, Riding (division), River Adur, River Arun, River Ouse, Sussex, Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Romano-British culture, Rope, Cheshire, Rotherbridge, Rye, East Sussex, Seaford, East Sussex, Selsey, Sheriff, Shire, Shoreham-by-Sea, Southwick, West Sussex, Steward (office), Steyning, Surrey, Sussex, Telscombe, Toponymy, Uckfield, Vexillography, Wessex, West Sussex, William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, William Somner, William the Conqueror, William, Count of Mortain, Worthing, Younsmere Hundred.

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See also

Defunct types of subdivision in the United Kingdom

Former subdivisions of England

History of local government in England

References