| Rape of Arundel | |
|---|---|
.jpg) 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]
- ^ "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.