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East Sussex Villages/Towns
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Alciston
(Fifty thousand tiles on the Barn)
Village
Alfriston
(Smuggling and Ghosts)
Village
Arlington
(Peaceful Saxon Village)
Village
Ashburnham
(Last Iron Furnace in Sussex)
Village
Barcombe
(Village in three places)
Village
Battle
(William the Conqueror prevails)
Town
Beckley
(Alfred the Great and Guns !)
Village
Beddingham
(At the base of Mount Caburn)
Village
Bells Yew Green
(The ruins of Bayham Abbey)
Village
Berwick
(Sharpen your arrows on the Church)
Village
Bishopstone
(Largest Tide-Mill in Sussex)
Village
Blackboys
(Charcoal and Soot)
Village
Blackham
(Roughs and Prize Fighters)
Village
Bodiam
(The finest ruined castle in the Country)
Village
Bodle Street
(White Horse on the roof)
Village
Boreham Street
(Picturesque village on top of the Ridge)
Village
Brede
(Edward I inspects the Channel Fleet)
Village
Brightling
(famous for Mad Jack Fuller)
Village
Broad Oak
(Smallpox at the Academy)
Village
Broad Oak Brede
(On the Crossroads)
Village
Broomhill
(Swept away by the Storm)
Village
Burwash
(The home of Rudyard Kipling)
Village
Burwash Common
(Roughest pub in the South East)
Village
Burwash Weald
(Roughest pub in the South East)
Village
Buxted
(The first Iron Cannon in England)
Village
Cade Street
(Jack Cade and the Kentish rebellion)
Village
Camber
(Sands and Holidays)
Village
Catsfield
(Iron, Railways and Clocks)
Village
Chailey
(The Heritage and Bricks)
Village
Chalvington
(The miniature church)
Village
Chelwood Gate
The Forest entrance and President Kennedy
Village
Chiddingly
(Walking on Cheese ??)
Village
Clayton
(Jack and Jill Windmills)
Village
Colemans Hatch
(Church on the edge of the forest)
Village
Cooksbridge
(Simon de Montforts cook)
Village
Cripps Corner
(Home Guard surprises the Army)
Village
Cross in Hand
(The Crusaders Assembly)
Village
Crowborough
(The home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Town
Crowhurst
(Village devastated by the Normans)
Village
Dallington
(Custers Last Stand!)
Village
Danehill
(Stopping point between London and Lewes)
Village
Denton
(Earl Godwins Manor)
Village
East Blatchington
(Mutiny and the Edge of Space)
Village
East Dean
(Fishing and Wrecking)
Village
East Guldeford
(Barn-like Church)
Village
East Hoathly
(Another Sussex Cannibal?)
Village
Eridge Green
(The home of the Neville Family)
Village
Etchingham
(The oldest Brass Weather Vane in the country)
Village
Ewhurst Green
(Great Fire of London contributions)
Village
Exceat
(Alfred the Great's Naval Base?)
Village
Fairlight
(Firehills and Views)
Village
Fairwarp
(Charcoal and the Army)
Village
Firle
(Home of the Greengage)
Village
Five Ashes
(Vast collection of rock plants)
Village
Fletching
(Simon de Montfort and Jack Cade)
Village
Flimwell
(300 local people beheaded)
Village
Folkington
(Teasles and Badgers)
Village
Forest Row
(The Kings hunting party)
Village
Framfield
(380 years without a church tower)
Village
Frant
(King Johns hunting lodge)
Village
Friston
(Home of the Railway Children)
Village
Glynde
(Home of English Opera)
Village
Groombridge
(Home of the Groombridge Gang)
Village
Guestling
(Changing guards at Buckingham Palace)
Village
Hadlow Down
(Wealden Cannons and Charcoal)
Village
Hailsham
(Ropes and Napoleon)
Town
Halland
(Ancient Slaughter)
Village
Hamsey
(Abandoned Saxon Island)
Village
Hartfield
(A.A.Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh)
Village
Hastings Bulverhythe
(Landing place of the citizens)
Town
Hastings East Cliff
(Beautiful Views and peaceful Walks)
Town
Hastings Harbour
(The Harbour and Fishing)
Town
Hastings Old Town
(The ancient Cinque Port)
Town
Hastings Ore
(Iron and the Turnpike)
Town
Hastings Sea Front
(Modern amusements,pier and promenade)
Town
Hastings Town Center
Town
Hastings West Hill
(Ancient Norman Castle)
Town
Heathfield
(19th Century Natural Gas)
Town
Hellingly
(Only remaining Ciric in Sussex)
Village
Herstmonceux
(Castle and Observatory)
Village
Hooe
(The Haunt of Smugglers)
Village
Horam
(Which Station do we get off at ?)
Village
Hurst Green
(The Youngest Highwayman on record)
Village
Icklesham
(Paul McCartney's Recording Studio)
Village
Iden
(Sheriff of Kent and Jack Cade)
Village
Isfield
(Simon de Montfort and the Lavender Line)
Village
Jevington
(Smugglers and Churchill Tanks)
Village
Laughton
(Knight captures King of France)
Village
Litlington
(Secret marriage of George IV)
Village
Lullington
(destroyed by Cromwell ??)
Village
Maresfield
(Soldiers and Iron)
Village
Mark Cross
(Policeman arrests eccentric landowner)
Village
Mayfield
(Saint Dunstan and the Devil)
Village
Mountfield
(17th Century Coal !!)
Village
Netherfield
(Village at the top of the Hill)
Village
Newick
(Killer Cricket and Dirk Bogarde)
Village
Ninfield
(Last of the Iron Stocks)
Village
Normans Bay
(Last Invasion in 1066)
Village
Northiam
(Prime Ministers D Day inspection)
Village
Nutley
(Edward III and the Post Mill)
Village
Offham
( Chalk Pit and the Battle of Lewes )
Village
Old Winchelsea
(Abandoned after the Great Storm)
Village
Peasmarsh
(Black Death moves village)
Village
Penhurst
(Beautiful yet Remote)
Village
Pett
(End of the Royal Military Canal)
Village
Pevensey
(Ancient Roman Fortification)
Village
Pevensey Bay
(Fishing and Martello Towers)
Village
Piltdown
(The Piltdown Man hoax)
Village
Playden
(Saltcote and fish)
Village
Polegate
(Fine old Tower Mill)
Village
Punnetts Town
(The Windmill on the Hill)
Village
Ringmer
(Poor Roads and riots)
Village
Ripe
(Earl Harolds estate)
Village
Robertsbridge
(The Home of Modern Cricket)
Village
Rotherfield
(Source of the rivers Rother and Uck)
Village
Rushlake Green
(Open Village and Nuclear Bunker)
Village
Rye
(On the Island)
Town
Rye Harbour
(Nature Reserve and unspoilt beaches)
Village
Salehurst
(Richard the Lion Heart's Gift)
Village
Seaford
(The cormorants or shags)
Village
Sedlescombe
(Best gunpowder in Europe)
Village
Selmeston
(Tomb to store the Contraband)
Village
Sheffield Park
(Capability Brown and the Bluebell Line)
Village
St Leonards on Sea
(an Edwardian family's gentile resort)
Town
Staplecross
(Mothers grudge hangs son)
Village
Stonegate
(Ancient Roman Cross Road)
Village
Tarring Neville
(The Chest from the Spanish Armarda)
Village
Ticehurst
(Anne Boleyn and Pashley Manor)
Village
Uckfield
(Traction Engine destroys bridge)
Town
Udimore
(Angels move the Church)
Village
Upper and Lower Dicker
(Michelham Priory)
Village
Vines Cross
(Cannons and Doodlebugs)
Village
Wadhurst
(Last bare fisted Prize-Fight in England)
Town
Waldron
(Fullers Earth)
Village
Warbleton
(The Iron Man)
Village
Wartling
(World War II defence centre)
Village
Westfield
(Bonfire Boys under suspicion)
Village
Westham
(Enclosure for the Castle)
Village
Whatlington
(King Harold's Manor)
Village
Wilmington
(The Long Man)
Village
Winchelsea
(Inland Cinque Port !!)
Town
Winchelsea Beach
(Holidaymakers and Henry VIIIs Fort)
Village
Windmill Hill
(Largest Post Mill in Sussex)
Village
Withyham
(De La Warrs and Sackvilles)
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