Rape of Arundel

Rape of Arundel
The Norman Motte of Arundel Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape
The Norman Motte of Arundel Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape

The Rape of Arundel shown within Sussex
Area
 • 1831132,800 acres (537 km2)
Population
 • 180122,478
 • 181124,276
 • 183131,064
Density
 • 18310.23 inhabitants per acre (57/km2)
History
 • Created6th to 11th century
 • Succeeded bySussex (western division)
StatusRape (county subdivision)
 • HQArundel
Subdivisions
 • TypeHundreds
 • UnitsAvisford (named Binsted in 1086 but had its later name by 1166),[1] Bury, Poling, Rotherbridge, West Easwrith

The Rape of Arundel (also known as Arundel Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England.

The population of the rape of Arundel was 22,478 in 1801,[2] falling to 24,276 in 1811.[2]

  1. ^ "Avisford Hundred: Part | British History Online".
  2. ^ a b Dallaway, James (1815). A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, Volume 1. T. Bensley.