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Three Days in Sussex — Day 1

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Sussex is a county in the south of England, on the English Channel, west of Kent and east of Hampshire. It gets its name from an Old English word, Suth-Seaxe, which meant “South Saxons.” South Saxons were a Germanic tribe that settled in the region from the North German plain in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Kingdom of Sussex was founded by Ælle of Sussex in AD 477, right after the …

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Hegdale Barn

Kent, a county in southeast England, is well worth visiting. Kent is one of the “home counties” that immediately surround London.  Kent has the mildest climate in the United Kingdom, and for many years was a major farming area, particularly for hops. It used to be that London families would travel out to Kent by train to participate in the harvest of hops. To this day, you can see the hops curing barns, called oasts,…

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