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Pevensey
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Pevensey (pĕv`ənzē), small town (1991 pop. 2,725), East Sussex, S England, on the English Channel. Modern Pevensey, called Pevensey Bay, is a shore resort. In the old town, the site of the Roman fort Anderida, are remains of Roman walls and a Norman castle. The town, the landing place of William the Conqueror, was a member of the Cinque Ports Cinque Ports [O. Fr.,=five ports], name applied to an association of maritime towns in Sussex and Kent, SE England. They originally numbered five: Hastings, Romney (now New Romney), Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich. The association was informally organized in the 11th cent.
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. It declined after the recession of the sea. The Pevensey church is partly Early English.


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Mrs Goymer, who lives in Pevensey Bay, East Sussex, placed Cope's possessions in storage two weeks' later.
Mrs Goymer, who lives in Pevensey Bay, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, decided to clear Cope's possessions from the flat and placed them into storage two weeks later.
You can also get a clear view of the Pier, the Harbour, Pevensey Bay and the Dungeness in Kent on bright sunny days.
 
 
 
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