Roman basis of Sussex civilisation, 48-59 camp at Hardham, on Stane Street, 56 fortifications at Alfordean Bridge, 58 Road, Stane Street, crossing Arun, 36 Road, Stane Street, fully described, 54-58 Roads destroyed in marshes, 6 Roman’s Wood, on Stane Street, 58 Rother, river of, 43, 44 Valley of, marshes in, bound Sussex eastward, 5 Western, 35 Rotherfield, antiquity of, 90 Rottingdean, in Doomsday survey of Rape of Lewes, 83 modern disfigurement of, 139 Rusper, late mention of, 102 Rye, antiquity and original conditions of, 92 harbour of, difficulty of entry, 182 Saddlescombe, 177 Saint Wilfrid, story of, 64 Sand formations in the Weald, 13 Saxon invasions of Sussex, 60-64 See of Selsea, founded, 64 Senlac, discussion of the name, 72 Shelleys, family of, 127, 132, 133 Shipley, developed in twelfth century, 101 Shoreham Harbour, entry of for small craft, described, 185 Shoreham, Old, position on Adur, 39 rise and decline of, 102-103 Singleton, in Doomsday, 116 Manor of, history of, 130 Slinfold, 113 South Downs, backbone of Sussex, 3 contour of, 9 journey along crest of described, 161-180 Southstoke on Arun, 37 Squires, rise of the power of, and disintegration of feudal system, 119-125 St. Denis, monastery of, original lords of Rotherfield, 90 “St. George and the Dragon” Inn at Houghton, 112 St. Leonard’s Forest, originallv Braose Land, 102 Stane Street, appearance of Gumber Corner, 171, 172 Roman road, crossing Arun, 36 fully described, 54-58 Stenes, southern valleys of Downs, 23 Steyning, on old British trackway under the Downs, 15 Stopham, junction of Western Rother and Arun, 35 mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Storrington, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 on old British trackway under the Downs, 15 Strickland, family of, 126 Sussex, bounded by the Weald, 2 character of peasant in, 144 created from the sea, 2 east, gradual disfigurement of, 146 epithet “Scilly” applied to, 117 exploration of east and west, 159-161 feudalism, strength of, 78 general plan of, 45, 46 grouped round the South Downs, 2 isolation in prehistoric times, 47 landscapes of, 150-155 natural boundaries of, east and west, 5 northern boundary of, nature of, 8 peasant, character of, 148 peculiar dialect of, somewhat exaggerated, 143 place names, 51 place names, pronunciation of, 149, 150 rivers, 3, 35-44 rivers of, determined the first settlements, 4 sharp division in east and west, 144 towns developed later according to distance from sea, 7 Sutton, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Thatch, excellence of in Sussex, 135 Theakham, 14 Tortington, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Monastery of, 119 Towns, Sussex, developed later according to distance from sea, 7 Tumuli above Duncton Hill, 27 on Downs, 27 Uckfield, late development of, 91 Upper Waltham, mentioned in Doomsday, 105 Valleys, to south of Downs, called stenes, 23