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    Battle is a town and civil parish in the district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies 50 miles (80 km) south-east of London, 27 miles (43 km) east...
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    East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the north-east, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the north-west...
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  • This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of East Sussex, England. Contents:  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W See also Alciston...
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    Battle Abbey is a partially ruined Benedictine abbey in Battle, East Sussex, England. The abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings and dedicated...
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    close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. The background to the battle was the death of the childless King...
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    Bexhill and Battle (/ˈbɛkshɪl/) is a constituency in East Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Kieran Mullan of...
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    Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþseaxe; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom...
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    Netherfield is a village in the civil parish of Battle, in the Rother district, in the county of East Sussex, England. In the 1870-1872 Imperial Gazetteer...
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    Plumpton is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, England. The village is located 5 mi (8.0 km) north-west of Lewes. The parish...
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    and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, and is located south of the East Sussex / Kent border at Flimwell. The area is entirely...
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    Clare Torry (category People from Battle, East Sussex)
    Clare H. Torry (born 29 November 1947) is a British singer, known for performing the improvised, wordless vocals on the song "The Great Gig in the Sky"...
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    and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, and three miles (5 km) north-west of Battle. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The...
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    The geology of East Sussex is defined by the Weald–Artois anticline, a 60 kilometres (37 mi) wide and 100 kilometres (62 mi) long fold within which caused...
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    Ashburnham is a civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, situated to the west of Battle. It includes the settlements of Brownbread Street...
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  • The ceremonial county of East Sussex, (which includes the unitary authority of Brighton & Hove) is divided into 9 parliamentary constituencies - 4 borough...
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    Tim Rice-Oxley (category People from Battle, East Sussex)
    by a short tour of the UK in June 2018. Rice-Oxley lives in Polegate, East Sussex. He has two daughters, Lilac and Anna. Reportedly, the effects of touring...
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    Battle railway station is on the Hastings line in the south of England and serves the town of Battle, East Sussex. It is 55 miles 46 chains (89.4 km)...
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    East Sussex College or East Sussex College Group is the largest higher education college in East Sussex, providing education and training from foundation...
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    Sidley is a village on the outskirts of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, England. Its governance falls within the jurisdiction of the Charter Trustees town...
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    isolated village situated five miles (8 km) north-west of Hastings in East Sussex. It has a parish council and is located within the Rother District Council...
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    Sussex /ˈsʌsɪks/, from the Old English 'Sūþseaxe' ('South Saxons'), is a historic county in South East England. Evidence from a fossil of Boxgrove Man...
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    James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721) (category Military personnel from East Lothian)
    traditional rights and customs. Murray died in Battle, East Sussex in 1794. Born in Ballencrieff, East Lothian, Murray was a younger son of Lord Elibank...
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    Rye is a town and civil parish in the Rother district of East Sussex, England, two miles (three kilometres) from the sea at the confluence of three rivers:...
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    was educated at two independent schools, the Glengorse School in Battle, East Sussex, and Charterhouse in Godalming, Surrey, where he was a contemporary...
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    East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of...
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    is both a small village and a civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex; the village being located about two miles (3 km) north-west of Bexhill...
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  • This is a list of schools in East Sussex, England. Alfriston School, Alfriston All Saints' and St Richard's CE Primary School, Old Heathfield All Saints...
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    attempted to land in Seaford Bay in 1545. The area of the battle, at the western end of Seaford, East Sussex seafront, is, consequently, now known as The Buckle...
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    Senlac Hill (category Hills of East Sussex)
    deployed his army for the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. It is located near what is now the town of Battle, East Sussex. The name Senlac was popularised...
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    Tom Chaplin (category People from Battle, East Sussex)
    alternative rock band Keane. Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born in Hastings, East Sussex, to Sally and David Chaplin OBE, a month apart from future bandmate Tim...
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