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A wank in Süssex?

Wot a video, so well done , bless ya, lived here all my life 55 of em. And taken a yank to learn this , fair cop fella. Thank you

I've lived in Worthing for over 50 years and Highdown Hill has always been a favourite. There were many more trees at the top until the Great Storm of 1987. Thank you for this...

Haha, I'm just getting ready to go there. Yes Tor and Meldon Reservoir are waiting!

Thankyou for this and all your videos - they're always interesting & enjoyable, and I'm always happy when another is added to your collection. You clearly go out of your way to research the featured areas - this one's no exception. Especially appreciated are the maps as they enable us to look up and perhaps explore for ourselves the routes you've taken. Looking forward to seeing many more of your adventures! Clive

And Avon means river in old English, so the Hampshire Avon is the Hampshire river. The Arun has a run of Sea Trout, which is fairly rare in the UK. Glad to know you live near me, as I live in Lancing. I have also walked the Chichester canal many times.

No smuggling history? Not like those dodgy Hastonians...

Very interesting indeed thank you. I’ve padded up the Adur as a young lad. Very powerful current in it.

Great shots. I always worry about flying over water, I know DJI can insure for that but I don’t have it currently.

Excellent video. You should take it up professionally😃. I visited Winchelsea with my wife last year and I was fanscinated by the many incredible cellars in the town that were used for storage (probably illegal), dating from around 1290AD. There are 33 that still exist and another 17 that are known about. There are also bookable tours of the cellars which I thoroughly recommend. Thanks for the video.

Fascinating. Your vocal style and intonation are particularly engaging. Splendid content and graphics. Congratulations.

A great video. Thank you.

Love it!

Don't forget the River Mole which rises in West Sussex but is mostly in Surrey. If you do make a video about or containing the Rother in West Sussex drop the "Western" bit of the name as locals only say "the Rother". Another fact, the Arun is the second fastest flowing river in England after the Severn.

Not the only yanker in Sussex

Why no mention of the West Sussex Rother.?

A shingle beach with a pool behind it is a chesil beach which is what old winchelsea town was built on. The storm (a hurricane) laid waist to broomhill and winchelsea town the town was rebuilt inland and was invaded and ransacked by the french and Dutch.

Fascinating video, i learnt some interesting history today, thank you 😊

It's a lovely and fascinating town - thanks for this video. Eleanor Farjeon's fanciful explanation of the name is that the Mermaid of Rye, who was rather a 'B-grade' mermaid, being been born in a periwinkle rather than an oyster, had a slight speech problem and referred to winkles as 'winchels' ... Look forward to your next production

Very interesting. Thank you.

Brilliant production. Absolutely fantastic, authoritative and accurate account of the village and its surrounds. As I was born in the George & Dragon in 1950 and spent the next 18 years of my life there it was fantastic to see all my old haunts from a very different perspective thanks to the brilliantly produced drone shots. Thank you. Not bad for a Yank!

Mammoth bones were found at Peppering, not elephant bones!

Thanks for sharing your delightful video, and by the way you have a great voice for the narration!

Very interesting, thanks! Fascinating to think that the waters of the Adur estuary once lapped right up against the grounds of Steyning church and Bramber Castle, at high tide.

I expect you know this, but the River Aran "stole" the head waters of the Adur. And St Leonard's Forest was the site of the last recorded sighting of a dragon - actually at Colgate.

Thank you. Very interesting and informative.. I’m very local to there and found out loads from your excellent production. Particularly enjoyed the photography from above. Thank you. 😊

I have recently found your channel, and its nice to hear a American perspective of my local area. Also I find your accent perfect for this type of video. Keep up the good work.

My genealogy research brought me here. William de Braose 1st Lord of Bramber is my 21 great grandfather. My records state he was born sometime in 1049 in Brienze, Normandy, France. It has been wonderful seeing the castle ruins and learning some of the history behind the man. Thank you. I do hope you write a book about all you have learned. I would certainly buy it. 🌹

Good work. (Bodium /əʊ/ Castle x)

Been here so many times since I moved to Sussex I've lost count. Without doubt the best little film for any visitor to watch. The catholic chapel is special .

Loved it how you’ve picked up our lingo, presumably off your Mrs. Great channel and I’ve enjoyed every one I’ve watched so far / this one in particular. Keep on keeping on👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

used to look after the grounds, as part of a contracted company. Getting the Ransom 'ride on' mower, on to the surrounding grass was a bit risky!!

Very interesting! And the graphic showing the scattering of salterns and a quay and the church on their own little island just across from the promontory of Bramber Castle is fascinating. The future King Charles had a very narrow escape on his journey E through Bramber & Beeding then across the Downs to Brighton. Apparently, as he and his small party were proceeding through Bramber there was suddenly the clatter of hooves behind and a party of Roundheads came galloping towards them. The story goes that his companions wanted to flee but Charles urged calm and they maintained the same slow pace towards the bridge. Whereupon the Roundheads went thundering past and on towards their eventual goal... As Charles was said to be extremely tall by the standards of the day it seems remarkable, and especially in broad daylight, that he still escaped detection despite Parliamentary troops scouring the countryside for him.

With regard to the old Sussex accent - you can hear similar, but not identical, accents in some of the recordings from WWII, for example of troops coming back from Dunkirk. My Paternal Grandfather, a Plumber from Worthing, who grew up on a Downland farm, also had more than a trace of it.

Thanks for writing this, this castle and the family have long needed a book written about them ❤

We have many places which end in eye meaning Island. I live in a place called Langney (Eastbourne) which meant Long island - in the sea, it is now surrounded by marshy land and the sea is now 2 miles away from where I live but the far end Langney Point is near the seafront. NB Cinque pronounced Canque..French for five

Been to Rye countless times, there is or was a scale model of Rye in the Heritage Centre which had a 30 minute show depicting a potted history of Rye with a light/audio and sound FX show with narration. Tiny lights would come on in various little houses & inns as the stories unfolded. My kids loved it years ago. I seem to remember Gregory Peck walking up Mermaid street in the film Captain Horatio Hornblower. And the creator of Captain Pugwash lived next to Ypres Tower/Gun Garden.

Fascinating - thanks for posting!

This Sir John de Braose, Sr., Lord of Stinton Is my direct 20 great grandfather. Male line all the way. So doesn't seem correct that he had no continuing heir. A few generations after this Sir John, the family name slowly morphed to Brewer. And stayed Brewer till now. Thanks for making this video, I was just looking for something like this after discovering the De Braose was my ancient family name. :)

Very enjoyable and detailed review of Burpham. May I suggest that you also visit Chichester Harbour which has great history and stunning beauty?

Milligan didn't live in Rye. He lived across the Brede valley from Winchelsea, the neighbouring Cinque Port and that is where he is buried.

One thing you missed at the church was the grave of author and artist Mervyn Peake who wrote the Gormenghast trilogy. Very nostalgic to see the views of the beautiful countryside that I remember from maybe forty years ago.

A very interesting and exhaustive discourse on a village known to me (I don't recall visiting it) - but then I'm merely a peasant living to the east of the county...... Thank you!

Everyone enjoys a yank in sussex ,

That was very interesting, thankyou! Presumably, as the estuaries of rivers like the Arun, the Adur and the Ouse were once wide expanses of water reaching far inland to the castles at their head, back in Alfred’s day that spit of land at Burpham would have been a very noticeable promontory jutting out into the water?

Thank you for another enjoyable and historical video 👍 love the scenery shots too, very picturesque.

Thank you, that was very interesting and informative. You have an amazing gift of narration.

Great content. Since January '24 I too can see the Castle and St Nicholas from my back garden. What on earth was I doing in Brighton for 20 years?! Many thanks for the videos

Just to be picky it's Fal mer not Fall mer. Fal rhymes with pal.

Thank you for this informative and helpful video!