It was believed to have been the first gunpowder mill in Battle and the town went on to be known as the finest gunpowder makers in England, supplying even the Royal Navy with gunpowder ...

When Napoleon considered invading England, forts and barracks were ... the principles established after De Montfort's Battle of Lewes victory. Sussex saw none of the War's great battles although ...

He promised land in England to those who helped him overthrow ... and William of Normandy finally arrives in Sussex for the decisive battle against the Anglo Saxon army led by King Harold.

who was defeated at the Battle of Hastings, has been located in Sussex. Archaeologists from Newcastle and Exeter universities have pinpointed the political centre of England's last Anglo-Saxon ...