SUSSEX

(51° N., 0° ), coast county, S. England; bounded N. by Surrey, Kent, E. by Kent, S. by English Channel, W. by Hants; area, 1436 sq. miles. Manufactures include paper, bricks, pottery, cement, leather, spirits. County suffered from inroads of Danes in IX. and XI. cent’s, and was scene of William the Conqueror’s final victory at Hastings. There are various traces of Rom. occupation, and a number of ruined castles and monasteries. In December 1912 a human (feminine) skull, supposed by experts to be the oldest that has yet been found, was discovered here. Pop. 1921, 722,000.