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Sussex Leasing
Did You Know?For thousands of years Sussex has been a historical hotspot – a story of invasion, conquest, discovery, innovation, rebellion and romance. Finds at Boxgrove, near Chichester, reveal that Sussex was home to some of our earliest human ancestors.. A single bone and two teeth from Homo heidelbergensis – a possible common ancestor of both ourselves and Neanderthals – alongside fossil remains of lions, bears, rhino, deer and voles. The Romans certainly left their mark on Sussex. The Romans wrote about the inclement British weather and perhaps they were attracted to its sunnier climes? Sussex is rich in remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages, in particular the Bronze Age barrows known as the Devil’s Jumps, near Treyford, West Sussex, and Cissbury Ring, near Worthing, one of Britain’s largest hillforts. Roman Palace at Fishbourne – the largest Roman residence known north of the Alps. Much of Sussex appears to have been the home of a group of people we know as the Regnenses or Regni, and after the Roman invasion a settlement known as Noviomagus Reginorum, became modern-day Chichester. Sussex is home to one of the most famous battles of all time – Hastings. The victory by the Normans over the Saxons on that October day in 1066 would change the direction of British history forever – even carving out a very different language to the dialect the Sussex folk had been speaking for several hundred years. The Normans certainly left their footprint on Sussex. The county was of great importance to the Normans; Hastings and Pevensey being on the most direct route for Normandy. The South Downs were a good watchpoint for invaders and castles were built to defend the territories including at Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings. Sussex used to be the centre of the English iron industry, particularly around the Weald, the area between the chalk escarpments of the South and North Downs. The first blast furnace was recorded at Buxted in 1490 and the industry was at its peak towards the end of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign.
THE SUSSEX CAR LEASING SPECIALIST Smart Lease is a trading name of Leaseline Vehicle Management Ltd. We reserve the right to withdraw any offer, service or price without notice. Errors and omissions excepted. |
