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Rape of Arundel
The Norman Motte of Arundel Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape
The Rape of Arundel shown within Sussex
Area
• 1831	132,800 acres (537 km²)

Population
• 1801	22,478
• 1811	24,276
• 1831	31,064

Density
• 1831	0.23 inhabitants per acre (57/km²)

History
• Created	6th to 11th century
• Succeeded by	Sussex (western division)

Status	Rape (county subdivision)

• HQ	Arundel


Subdivisions
• Type	Hundreds
• Units	Avisford (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]

Location

The rape of Chichester lies to its west and the rape of Bramber lies to its east. To the north the rape is bounded by the county of Surrey and to the south by the English Channel. The rape of Arundel includes the towns of Arundel and Littlehampton. Its highest point is Glatting Beacon on the South Downs, which is 245 metres (804 ft) tall.

Historical population

Population 1801–1831
Year	Pop.	±%
1801	22,478	—
1811	24,276	+8.0%
1821	28,615	+17.9%
1831	31,064	+8.6%

Sub-divisions

The rape is traditionally divided into the following hundreds:

Avisford (named Binsted in 1086 but had its later name by 1166)^[1]
Bury
Poling
Rotherbridge
West Easwrith

References

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

External links

Arundel Rape through time - A Vision of Britain

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