Lewes, early fortification of, 66 importance of in Saxon times, 67 Norman Castle in, 81 position of on Ouse, 41 Rape of (_see also_ Rape of Lewes), 79-85 site of Battle of, 178 town, characteristics of, 80 Linch Down, 162 Littlehampton, at mouth of Arun, 38 difficulty of entry, and outside anchorage described, 185, 186 Loam, belt of, villages upon, 14 Looe Stream, 65 Madehurst, Manor of, history of, 129 Marshes bounding Sussex to east and west, 5 destruction of Roman roads in, 6 Mayfield, first of Sussex line of ecclesiastical palaces, 90 Midhurst, its position on Western Rother, 36 late development of, 117 Monasteries of Sussex, 117-119 Montgomerys, first overlords of Rape of Arundel, 106 Morton, first overlord of Rape of Pevensey, 87 Mount Caburn, example of prehistoric fortification, 91 Mowbrays, successors to Braose, 100 Nature of Sussex Harbours, 3 Newhaven Harbour, advantages and disadvantages of, for small craft, 184 Newhaven, position at mouth of Ouse, 41 Newtimber, Manor of, history of, 131 Norman Conquest in Sussex, 69-74 Northchapel, 113 Northern boundary of Sussex, nature of, 8 Northstoke on Arun, 37 Ockley (in Surrey), on Stane Street, 54 Ouse, river, 40, 41 Owers Lightship, 65 Oxenbridge, family of, 126 Palmers of Angerming, 126 Parham, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Peasantry of Sussex, character of, 144, 148 Petworth, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Pevensey, ancient geographical position of, 89 Celtic derivation of the name, 87 decline of, 89, 90 Level, termination of the Wealdon flats on the sea, 11 Rape of, _see_ Rape of Pevensey Roman remains in, 88 site of Anderida, 53 William the Conqueror lands there, 71 Pine trees, comparatively recent in Sussex, 153-154 Place names, Sussex, 61 of Sussex, pronunciation of, 149, 150 Plain, Coastal, _see_ Coastal Poynings, on old British trackway under the Downs, 15 Prehistory of Sussex unknown, 47 Pulborough, its position on Arun, 36 mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Pulborough Bridge, point where Stane Street crossed the Arun, 57 Rackham Hill, 175 Rape of Arundel, 104-113 Arundel, Montgomerys first overlords of, 106 Bramber, 99-104 Rape of Bramber, Braose first overlord of, 99 Chichester, 113-117 Hastings, 91-99 Lewes, growth of, 79-85 its central character, 85 original harbour of, 82 Lewes, William of Warren first overlord of, 82 Pevensey, 87-91 Pevensey, importance of iron industry, 90 Pevensey, Morton first overlord of, 87 Pevensey, shape of, 86 Rapes, divisions of Sussex, 77 number and origin of, 78 Regni, Sussex tribe, 48 Ridge, forest, 8 Rings of woods on Downs, 24 Rivers of Sussex, 3, 35-44 give rise to earliest settlements, 4 River valley, nature of Sussex, 42 River valleys of Sussex, not used by main roads, 21, 22 Robertsbridge, 91 Monastery of, 118 position of, on Rother, 44