• Source: 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. With an area of 228,930 acres (926.4 km2) it is the largest of the Sussex rapes.




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:

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




See also


History of Sussex
List of hundreds of England and Wales




References






External links


Pevensey Rape through time - A Vision of Britain

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Robert dari Mortain
• Rape of Pevensey
• Rape (county subdivision)
• Pevensey
• List of hundreds of England
• Robert, Count of Mortain
• Sheffield Park and Garden
• Rape of Hastings
• Rape of Lewes
• Pevensey Castle
• Mayfield and Five Ashes