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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ