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This guide to Sussex by George F. Bosworth was first published in 1909 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.
List of contents
1. The South-Eastern peninsula. County and shire. The word Sussex. Its origin and meaning; 2. General characteristics. Position and natural conditions. Scenery; 3. Size. Shape. Boundaries; 4. Surface and general features; 5. Watershed. Rivers; 6. Geology and soil; 7. Natural history; 8. Climate and rainfall; 9. The coast - gains and losses. Its protection - sea walls and groynes. Lighthouses and lightships; 10. People - race, dialect, settlements, population; 11. Agriculture. Main cultivations, woodlands, stock; 12. Industries and manufactures; 13. Minerals. Exhausted mining industries; 14. Fisheries and fishing stations; 15. Shipping and trade - the chief ports. Extinct ports. Cinque ports; 16. History of Sussex; 17. Antiquities - prehistoric. Roman. Saxon; 18. Architecture. (a) Ecclesiastical - churches, cathedral, abbeys; 19. Architecture. (b) Military - castles; 20. Architecture. (c) Domestic - famous seats, manor houses, cottages; 21. Communications - past and present - roads, railways, canals; 22. Administration and divisions - ancient and modern; 23. The roll of honour of the county; 24. The chief towns and villages of Sussex.
Summary
The Cambridge County Geographies were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Sussex by George F. Bosworth was first published in 1909 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
