GEOLOGY 
OF THE 
SOUTH-EAST OF ENGLAND. 
CHAPTER I. 
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX.' 
Sussex, the ancient kingdom of the South Saxons, 
and the soutliernmost maritime province of Eng- 
land, is bordered on the west by Hampshire, on 
the north by Surrey, on the east and north-east 
by Kent, and on the south by the British Channel. 
It is about seventy-six miles in length, and twenty- 
eight in average breadth ; containing 1461 square 
miles.* 
The strata of which it is composed form three 
principal groups, each possessing characters that 
materially affect the geographical features of the 
country, and present a striking instance of the 
intimate relation that exists between the physical 
Of Greenwich. 
* “ Northernmost point ^/<7cA--rornrr,N. lat. 51° 9'; 48' W. long. 
Southernmost - Selscy BUI, N. lat. 50° 4.3'; 47' W. long. 
Easternmost - Kent Wall, N. lat. 50° 56'; 49' E. long. 
Westernmost - »S'/flH5/crfPfirrA-, N. lat. 50^ 5.3'; 58' W. long. 
— Dalla way's History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, 
4to. 1815, vol.i. p. 5. 
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