historic county of Sussex

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The historic county of Sussex is a traditional region in South East England on the English Channel, known for its coastal resorts, the South Downs, and a distinct cultural and administrative history predating modern county boundaries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
historic county of Sussex canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic county
traditional region
borders English Channel
Hampshire
Kent
Surrey
contains Arundel
Arundel Castle
Ashdown Forest
Battle Abbey
Beachy Head
Bexhill-on-Sea
Bodiam Castle
Bognor Regis
Brighton
Burgess Hill
Chanctonbury Ring
Chichester
linked to: CHICHESTER

Chichester Cathedral
Crawley
Devil's Dyke
linked to: Devil’s Dyke

Eastbourne
Gatwick Airport
Goodwood
linked to: Goodwood House

Hastings
Haywards Heath
High Weald
Horsham
linked to: Horsham District

Lewes
Littlehampton
Midhurst
Newhaven
linked to: Newhaven Harbour

Petworth
River Adur
River Arun
River Ouse
River Rother (Sussex)
linked to: River Rother

Rye
Seven Sisters cliffs
Shoreham-by-Sea
South Downs
Uckfield
Worthing
country England
hasCoastlineOn English Channel
hasHighestPoint Blackdown
hasHistoricStatus one of the historic counties of England
hasMotto We wunt be druv
hasPart Brighton and Hove
East Sussex
West Sussex
hasTraditionalDay Sussex Day
hasTraditionalSubdivisions rapes of Sussex
highestPointElevation 280 metres
historicalCapital Chichester
linked to: CHICHESTER
historicalRegionOf Kingdom of Sussex
knownFor Norman castles
South Downs
Wealden landscape
coastal resorts
distinct cultural identity
medieval churches
languageVariety Sussex dialect
locatedIn South East England
locatedOn English Channel
preDates modern administrative counties of East Sussex and West Sussex
traditionalCountyTown Lewes
traditionalDayDate 16 June
wasDividedInto Rape of Arundel
Rape of Bramber
Rape of Chichester
Rape of Hastings
Rape of Lewes
Rape of Pevensey

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hove locatedIn historic county of Sussex
historic county of Surrey bordersHistoricCounty historic county of Sussex
Lord Lieutenant of Sussex appliesToJurisdiction historic county of Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club represents historic county of Sussex
Rye Rural District locatedIn historic county of Sussex
River Uck locatedIn historic county of Sussex