Rape of Lewes
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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.
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Rape of Lewes | |
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The keep of Lewes Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape | |
![]() The Rape of Lewes shown within Sussex | |
Area | |
• 1831 | 129,580 acres (524.4 km2) |
Population | |
• 1821 | 53,085[1] |
• 1831 | 71,921 |
Density | |
• 1821 | 0.41 inhabitants per acre (100/km2) |
• 1831 | 0.56 inhabitants per acre (140/km2) |
History | |
• Created | 6th to 11th century |
• Succeeded by | Sussex (eastern division) |
Status | Rape (county subdivision) |
• HQ | Lewes |
Subdivisions | |
• Type | Hundreds |
• Units | Barcombe, Buttinghill, Dean, Fishersgate (half hundred), Holmstrow, Poynings, Preston, Streat, Swanborough, Whalebourne, Younsmere |
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