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 228930 acre 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 m 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