Book One. The Chronicles of Ussex: The Sword and The Amulet

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Eastern River Rother and its many tributaries including the Rivers Brede and Tillingham; source, Rotherfield in the High Weald and enters the sea at Rye Bay. A section known as the Kent Ditch forms part of Sussex's eastern boundary with Kent. Sussex's motto, We wunt be druv, is a Sussex dialect expression meaning "we will not be pushed around" and reflects the traditionally independent nature of Sussex men and women. The round-headed rampion, also known as the "Pride of Sussex", was adopted as Sussex's county flower in 2002. Kerridge, R. G. P.; Standing, M. R. (2000). Worthing, from Saxon settlement to seaside town. Worthing, West Sussex: Optimus Books. ISBN 9780953313242. OCLC 58876316.

The earliest-known usage of the term South Saxons (Latin: Australes Saxones) is in a royal charter of 689 which names them and their king, Noðhelm, although the term may well have been in use for some time before that. The monastic chronicler who wrote up the entry classifying the invasion seems to have got his dates wrong; recent scholars have suggested he might have been a quarter of a century too late. [9] White, Sally; etal. (1999), A Mid-Fifth Century Hoard of Roman and Pseudo-Roman Material from Patching, West Sussex (PDF), Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, pp.88–93, archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2012 , retrieved 16 November 2011 Wallace, Danny (24 March 2018). "The profusion of minority faiths in a Sussex town hints at Britain's attitudes to religion". Metro. Sussex is also home to six national nature reserves [32] including Kingley Vale National Nature Reserve, one of Natural England's 'spotlight' reserves. The Sussex Wildlife Trust manages over 30 nature reserves across Sussex. with an area of over 1,800 hectares (4,400 acres). [33]

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Sussex Cancer Centre". Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012 . Retrieved 9 September 2012. The marine biodiversity of South East England" (PDF). The Wildlife Trusts South East Marine Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012 . Retrieved 5 September 2011. Brighton and Hove - with a high density of businesses involved in media, particularly digital or " new media", since the 1990s Brighton has been referred to as "Silicon Beach". [63] Private patronage". South Downs National Park Authority. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012 . Retrieved 26 September 2012. Sussex Cancer Network – About Us". Sussex Cancer Network. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 9 September 2012.

GDP per capita in Sussex and Surrey in 2009 was 16.2 per cent higher than the EU average with a total GDP of €69,349 million. [61] Economic sub-regions within Sussex include:

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Sometimes referred to as two primary urban areas – Brighton Urban Area and Worthing Urban Area [18]

The English Apple Man, informing consumers about how the apples they buy are grown, harvested and marketed". theenglishappleman.com . Retrieved 28 April 2018. Surrealism in Sussex" (PDF). Pallant House Gallery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012 . Retrieved 26 September 2012.Historically, Sussex has had its own dialect with regional differences reflecting its cultural history. It has been divided into variants for the three western rapes of West Sussex, the two eastern rapes of Lewes and Pevensey and an area approximate to the easternmost rape of Hastings. [103] [112] The Sussex dialect is also notable in having an unusually large number of words for mud, in a way similar to the popular belief which exists that the Inuit have an unusually large number of words for snow. [113] Literature [ edit ] a b c "Scotland's Census 2011: Table KS209SCa" (PDF). scotlandcensus.gov.uk . Retrieved 26 September 2013. a b "South Downs Gypsum Mining Unearths Fortune in Heart of 1066 Country". The Guardian. 17 June 2010 . Retrieved 17 June 2012. Sussex encompasses approximately 3,783 square kilometres (1,461sqmi). It is 120km (75mi) long and is between 35 and 40km (22 and 25mi) wide. For comparison, Sussex is slightly larger than the neighbouring county of Kent or Cornwall or the Indian state of Goa and is 50 per cent larger than Luxembourg. Sussex has a population of about 1.6 million, [5] [nb 1] about the same as Goa or the US state of Idaho and about three times the population of Cornwall.