| Rape of Lewes | |
|---|---|
 The keep of Lewes Castle, once the administrative centre of the Rape | |
 The Rape of Lewes shown within Sussex | |
| Area | |
| • 1831 | 129,580 acres (524.4 km2) |
| Population | |
| • 1821 | 53,085[1] |
| • 1831 | 71,921 |
| Density | |
| • 1821 | 0.41 inhabitants per acre (100/km2) |
| • 1831 | 0.56 inhabitants per acre (140/km2) |
| History | |
| • Created | 6th to 11th century |
| • Succeeded by | Sussex (eastern division) |
| Status | Rape (county subdivision) |
| • HQ | Lewes |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Hundreds |
| • Units | Barcombe, Buttinghill, Dean, Fishersgate (half hundred), Holmstrow, Poynings, Preston, Streat, Swanborough, Whalebourne, Younsmere |
The Rape of Lewes (also known as Lewes Rape) is one of the rapes, the traditional sub-divisions unique to the historic county of Sussex in England.
- ^ Allen 1829, p. 196