Details of Villages and Towns in
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Villages/Towns

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Alciston
(Fifty thousand tiles on the Barn)East Sussex
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Aldington
(The Aldington Gang)Kent
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Alfriston
(Smuggling and Ghosts)East Sussex
Ansty
East Sussex
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Appledore
(Danes invade England)Kent
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Arlington
(Peaceful Saxon Village)East Sussex
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Ashburnham
(Last Iron Furnace in Sussex)East Sussex
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Ashurst
(Miraculous Carving)Kent
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Barcombe
(Village in three places)East Sussex
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Battle
(William the Conqueror prevails)East Sussex
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Beckley
(Alfred the Great and Guns !)East Sussex
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Beddingham
(At the base of Mount Caburn)East Sussex
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Bells Yew Green
(The ruins of Bayham Abbey)East Sussex
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Benenden
(One of Englands Top Girls Schools)Kent
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Berwick
(Sharpen your arrows on the Church)East Sussex
Bidborough
Kent
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Biddenden
(The Maids of Biddenden)Kent
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Bilsington
(The Priory and Obelisk)Kent
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Bishopstone
(Largest Tide-Mill in Sussex)East Sussex
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Blackboys
(Charcoal and Soot)East Sussex
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Blackham
(Roughs and Prize Fighters)East Sussex
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Bodiam
(The finest ruined castle in the Country)East Sussex
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Bodle Street
(White Horse on the roof)East Sussex
Bolney
East Sussex
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Bonnington
(Saint Rumwold the child saint)Kent
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Boreham Street
(Picturesque village on top of the Ridge)East Sussex
Borough Green
Kent
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Boughton Monchelsea
(Miraculous vision)Kent
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Brasted
(Doctor to King George III)Kent
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Brede
(Edward I inspects the Channel Fleet)East Sussex
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Brenchley
(A beautiful Kent village)Kent
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Brenzett
(St Eanswyth a saxon princess)Kent
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Brightling
(famous for Mad Jack Fuller)East Sussex
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Broad Oak
(Smallpox at the Academy)East Sussex
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Broad Oak Brede
(On the Crossroads)East Sussex
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Brookland
(13th century wooden spire)Kent
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Broomhill
(Swept away by the Storm)East Sussex
Burgess Hill
East Sussex
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Burmarsh
(The fortress in the Marsh?)Kent
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Burwash
(The home of Rudyard Kipling)East Sussex
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Burwash Common
(Roughest pub in the South East)East Sussex
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Burwash Weald
(Roughest pub in the South East)East Sussex
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Buxted
(The first Iron Cannon in England)East Sussex
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Cade Street
(Jack Cade and the Kentish rebellion)East Sussex
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Camber
(Sands and Holidays)East Sussex
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Catsfield
(Iron, Railways and Clocks)East Sussex
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Chailey
(The Heritage and Bricks)East Sussex
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Chalvington
(The miniature church)East Sussex
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Chelwood Gate
The Forest entrance and President KennedyEast Sussex
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Chiddingly
(Walking on Cheese ??)East Sussex
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Chiddingstone
(A perfect Tudor village)Kent
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Chiddingstone Causeway
(Penshurst Station ??)Kent
Chiltington
East Sussex
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Clayton
(Jack and Jill Windmills)East Sussex
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Colemans Hatch
(Church on the edge of the forest)East Sussex
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Cooksbridge
(Simon de Montforts cook)East Sussex
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Coxheath
(Soldiers and Duels)Kent
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Cranbrook
(Christmas Cards and Union Mill)Kent
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Cripps Corner
(Home Guard surprises the Army)East Sussex
Crockham Hill
Kent
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Cross in Hand
(The Crusaders Assembly)East Sussex
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Crowborough
(The home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)East Sussex
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Crowhurst
(Village devastated by the Normans)East Sussex
Cuckfield
East Sussex
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Dallington
(Custers Last Stand!)East Sussex
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Danehill
(Stopping point between London and Lewes)East Sussex
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Denton
(Earl Godwins Manor)East Sussex
Dichling
East Sussex
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Dungeness
(Fishermen and Lighthouses)Kent
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Dymchurch
(The Romans and the sea wall)Kent
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East Blatchington
(Mutiny and the Edge of Space)East Sussex
East Chiltington
East Sussex
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East Dean
(Fishing and Wrecking)East Sussex
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East Guldeford
(Barn-like Church)East Sussex
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East Hoathly
(Another Sussex Cannibal?)East Sussex
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East Peckham
(Centre of the Hop Industry)Kent
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Edenbridge
(Roman Crossing to Victorian Bridge)Kent
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Eridge Green
(The home of the Neville Family)East Sussex
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Etchingham
(The oldest Brass Weather Vane in the country)East Sussex
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Ewhurst Green
(Great Fire of London contributions)East Sussex
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Exceat
(Alfred the Great's Naval Base?)East Sussex
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Fairfield
(The Isolated Church)Kent
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Fairlight
(Firehills and Views)East Sussex
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Fairwarp
(Charcoal and the Army)East Sussex
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Firle
(Home of the Greengage)East Sussex
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Five Ashes
(Vast collection of rock plants)East Sussex
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Fletching
(Simon de Montfort and Jack Cade)East Sussex
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Flimwell
(300 local people beheaded)East Sussex
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Folkington
(Teasles and Badgers)East Sussex
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Fordcombe
(Paper Mill and the Field Marshal)Kent
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Forest Row
(The Kings hunting party)East Sussex
Four Elms
Kent
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Framfield
(380 years without a church tower)East Sussex
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Frant
(King Johns hunting lodge)East Sussex
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Friston
(Home of the Railway Children)East Sussex
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Frittenden
(The Search for the Treacle Mines)Kent
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Glynde
(Home of English Opera)East Sussex
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Goudhurst
(Smugglers, Iron and Forests)Kent
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Greatstone
(Parabolic Sound Detectors and PLUTO)Kent
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Groombridge
(Home of the Groombridge Gang)East Sussex
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Guestling
(Changing guards at Buckingham Palace)East Sussex
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Hadlow
(Mays Folly - 150ft tower)Kent
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Hadlow Down
(Wealden Cannons and Charcoal)East Sussex
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Hailsham
(Ropes and Napoleon)East Sussex
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Halland
(Ancient Slaughter)East Sussex
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Hamsey
(Abandoned Saxon Island)East Sussex
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Hamstreet and Orlestone
(The Start of the Ordnance Survey)Kent
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Hartfield
(A.A.Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh)East Sussex
Hassocks
East Sussex
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Hastings Bulverhythe
(Landing place of the citizens)East Sussex
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Hastings East Cliff
(Beautiful Views and peaceful Walks)East Sussex
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Hastings Harbour
(The Harbour and Fishing)East Sussex
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Hastings Old Town
(The ancient Cinque Port)East Sussex
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Hastings Ore
(Iron and the Turnpike)East Sussex
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Hastings Sea Front
(Modern amusements,pier and promenade)East Sussex
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Hastings Town Center
East Sussex
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Hastings West Hill
(Ancient Norman Castle)East Sussex
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Hawkhurst
(A Notorious Gang of Smugglers)Kent
Haywards Heath
East Sussex
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Headcorn
(King Johns Oak)Kent
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Heathfield
(19th Century Natural Gas)East Sussex
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Hellingly
(Only remaining Ciric in Sussex)East Sussex
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Herstmonceux
(Castle and Observatory)East Sussex
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Hever
(Anne Boleyn and the Castle)Kent
Hickstead
East Sussex
High Hurstwood
East Sussex
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Hooe
(The Haunt of Smugglers)East Sussex
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Horam
(Which Station do we get off at ?)East Sussex
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Horsmonden
(The largest Wealden Iron Works)Kent
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Hurst Green
(The Youngest Highwayman on record)East Sussex
Hurstpierpoint
East Sussex
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Icklesham
(Paul McCartney's Recording Studio)East Sussex
Ide Hill
Kent
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Iden
(Sheriff of Kent and Jack Cade)East Sussex
Iford
East Sussex
Ightham
Kent
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Isfield
(Simon de Montfort and the Lavender Line)East Sussex
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Ivychurch
(The burial ground on the Island)Kent
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Jevington
(Smugglers and Churchill Tanks)East Sussex
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Kenardington
(Danes destroy Saxon Fort)Kent
Keymer
East Sussex
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Kilndown
(Charcoal for the Furnace)Kent
Kingston
East Sussex
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Lamberhurst
(Scotney Castle and Gardens)Kent
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Langton Green
(Modern village and Old Quarry)Kent
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Laughton
(Knight captures King of France)East Sussex
Leigh
Kent
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Linton
(Cavalier loses House)Kent
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Litlington
(Secret marriage of George IV)East Sussex
Little Horsted
East Sussex
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Littlestone
(The Genteel Resort)Kent
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Lullington
(destroyed by Cromwell ??)East Sussex
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Lydd
(The Cathedral of the Marsh)Kent
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Lydd on Sea
(Bungalows and Fishermen)Kent
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Lympne
(From Roman Castle to Tigers)Kent
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Marden
(Broadcloth and Agriculture)Kent
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Maresfield
(Soldiers and Iron)East Sussex
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Mark Cross
(Policeman arrests eccentric landowner)East Sussex
Markbeech
Kent
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Matfield
(Largest Village Green in Kent)Kent
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Mayfield
(Saint Dunstan and the Devil)East Sussex
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Mereworth
(The First Victoria Cross)Kent
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Mersham
(Founder of Ashford Grammar School)Kent
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Mountfield
(17th Century Coal !!)East Sussex
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Netherfield
(Village at the top of the Hill)East Sussex
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New Romney
(Cinque Port and Storm)Kent
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Newchurch
(The Church Tower with a kink)Kent
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Newenden
(Alfred the Great's Fort)Kent
Newhaven
East Sussex
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Newick
(Killer Cricket and Dirk Bogarde)East Sussex
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Ninfield
(Last of the Iron Stocks)East Sussex
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Normans Bay
(Last Invasion in 1066)East Sussex
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Northiam
(Prime Ministers D Day inspection)East Sussex
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Nutley
(Edward III and the Post Mill)East Sussex
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Offham
( Chalk Pit and the Battle of Lewes )East Sussex
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Old Romney
(Sheep and Wool Smuggling)Kent
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Old Winchelsea
(Abandoned after the Great Storm)East Sussex
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Paddock Wood
(Railway brings prosperity)Kent
Peacehaven
East Sussex
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Peasmarsh
(Black Death moves village)East Sussex
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Pembury
(The ghost of Hawkwell)Kent
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Penhurst
(Beautiful yet Remote)East Sussex
Penshurst
Kent
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Pett
(End of the Royal Military Canal)East Sussex
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Pevensey
(Ancient Roman Fortification)East Sussex
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Pevensey Bay
(Fishing and Martello Towers)East Sussex
Piddinghoe
East Sussex
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Piltdown
(The Piltdown Man hoax)East Sussex
Platt
Kent
Plaxtol
Kent
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Playden
(Saltcote and fish)East Sussex
Plumpton
East Sussex
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Polegate
(Fine old Tower Mill)East Sussex
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Punnetts Town
(The Windmill on the Hill)East Sussex
Pyecombe
East Sussex
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Reading Street and Ebony
(Priory and Shipbuilding)Kent
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Ringmer
(Poor Roads and riots)East Sussex
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Ripe
(Earl Harolds estate)East Sussex
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Robertsbridge
(The Home of Modern Cricket)East Sussex
Rodmell
East Sussex
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Rolvenden
(Witches stealing Holy Water)Kent
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Rotherfield
(Source of the rivers Rother and Uck)East Sussex
Rottingdean
East Sussex
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Ruckinge
(Smuggling and Traction Engines)Kent
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Rushlake Green
(Open Village and Nuclear Bunker)East Sussex
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Rusthall
(The Toad Rock)Kent
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Rye
(On the Island)East Sussex
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Rye Harbour
(Nature Reserve and unspoilt beaches)East Sussex
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Salehurst
(Richard the Lion Heart's Gift)East Sussex
Saltdean
East Sussex
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Sandhurst
(Escape from the Great Plague)Kent
scayneshill
East Sussex
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Seaford
(The cormorants or shags)East Sussex
Seal
Kent
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Sedlescombe
(Best gunpowder in Europe)East Sussex
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Sellindge
(Oliver Cromwells Horse)Kent
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Selmeston
(Tomb to store the Contraband)East Sussex
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Sevenoaks Weald
(Lower the tower by twenty feet)Kent
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Sevington
(Saxons and Dual Carriageway)Kent
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Sheffield Park
(Capability Brown and the Bluebell Line)East Sussex
Shipbourne
Kent
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Sissinghurst
(The magnificent garden of Vita Sackville-West)Kent
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Smallhythe
(The Ellen Terry Museum)Kent
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Smeeth
(The Scott Family)Kent
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Snargate
(Sluice Gates made by Royal Order)Kent
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Snave
(the Remote church)Kent
South Heighton
East Sussex
Southease
East Sussex
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Speldhurst
(Nobleman captured at Agincourt)Kent
Spithurst
East Sussex
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St Leonards on Sea
(an Edwardian family's gentile resort)East Sussex
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St Mary in the Marsh
(Ancient Celts)Kent
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St Marys Bay
(Holidays and Beaches)Kent
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Staplecross
(Mothers grudge hangs son)East Sussex
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Staplehurst
(Charles Dickens train crash)Kent
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Stone in Oxney
(Roman stone altar)Kent
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Stonegate
(Ancient Roman Cross Road)East Sussex
Streat
East Sussex
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Sundridge
(Last Peer of England to be hanged)Kent
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Sutton Valence
(seized from Simon de Montfort)Kent
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Tarring Neville
(The Chest from the Spanish Armarda)East Sussex
Telscombe
East Sussex
Telscombe Cliffs
East Sussex
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Tenterden
(Centre of the Broadcloth industry)Kent
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Ticehurst
(Anne Boleyn and Pashley Manor)East Sussex
Toys Hill
Kent
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Tudeley and Capel
(Iron Industry and Hop Pickers)Kent
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Uckfield
(Traction Engine destroys bridge)East Sussex
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Udimore
(Angels move the Church)East Sussex
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Upper and Lower Dicker
(Michelham Priory)East Sussex
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Vines Cross
(Cannons and Doodlebugs)East Sussex
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Wadhurst
(Last bare fisted Prize-Fight in England)East Sussex
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Waldron
(Fullers Earth)East Sussex
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Warbleton
(The Iron Man)East Sussex
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Warehorne
(A good place to explore the Marshes)Kent
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Wartling
(World War II defence centre)East Sussex
West Farleigh
Kent
West Malling
Kent
West Peckham
Kent
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Westerham
(James Wolfe captures Quebec)Kent
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Westfield
(Bonfire Boys under suspicion)East Sussex
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Westham
(Enclosure for the Castle)East Sussex
Westmeston
East Sussex
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Whatlington
(King Harold's Manor)East Sussex
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Wilmington
(The Long Man)East Sussex
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Winchelsea
(Inland Cinque Port !!)East Sussex
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Winchelsea Beach
(Holidaymakers and Henry VIIIs Fort)East Sussex
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Windmill Hill
(Largest Post Mill in Sussex)East Sussex
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Withyham
(De La Warrs and Sackvilles)East Sussex
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Wittersham
(Park your Airship here ?)Kent
Wivelsfield
East Sussex
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Woodchurch
(Dragoons capture Smugglers)Kent
Woodingdean
East Sussex
Wrotham Heath
Kent
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Yalding
(longest medieval bridge in Kent)Kent
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