Southeast England Trivia

1. Which city is the county town of West Sussex?

From Quiz Half of Sussex - The West

Answer: Chichester

The city of Chichester is on the site of the Roman town of Noviomagus Reginorum. The Roman road Stane Street linked the town with London. Chichester Cathedral was founded in the 11th century.

From Quiz Half of Sussex - The East

Answer: Lewes

The other places are bigger, but Lewes is the location for the major bonfire celebrations on November 5th. It is also famous for the Battle of Lewes in 1264.

From Quiz The Garden of England

Answer: Maidstone

The county town is Maidstone, although many people assume that it must be the more famous Canterbury. Maidstone used to have various paper mills and breweries. The Fremlin Walk shopping centre is on the site of a Victorian brewery.

From Quiz A Brief History of Cranleigh

Answer: At that time it belonged to the manor of Shere

Cranleigh later became its own village, but at the time it was part of the beautiful village manor of nearby Shere. Shere is listed in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as 'Essire'.

From Quiz The Run of the Downs

Answer: Beachy Head

Beachy Head, at the eastern end of the Seven Sisters has a grislier reputation as well. It is a popular spot for people committing suicide. Brass Point and Bailey's Hill are two of the Seven Sisters, although between the Cuckmere and Birling gaps there are actually eight peaks.

From Quiz The White Cliffs of Dover

Answer: Kent

Kent is known as the Garden of England because it has large quantities of orchards and hop gardens. It is the south easternmost point of the country.

From Quiz Guildford

Answer: Surrey

Guildford is the county seat of Surrey. Guildford is an easy 30 minute commute by rail to London. Guildford is located southwest of London.

From Quiz Horsham and Surrounding Villages.

Answer: Christ's Hospital

According to the history of Christ's Hospital on the schools' own website, it was created in the sixteenth century for the education of poor children. Former pupils include: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Lamb, Barnes Wallis and Sir Colin Davis. Roedean and Worth Abbey are also public schools in Sussex, but not so close to Horsham.

From Quiz Crawley, Sussex, England, Gulp!

Answer: Boxing

At various times Allan Minter was the European and World Champion at middleweight. One of his better known quotes was "Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious." His son claimed the English Welterweight title in December 2005.

From Quiz Surrey, Home of the Stockbroker Belt

Answer: Woking

"The Woking Martian sculpture was created by artist Michael Condron and unveiled in April 1998. It consists of three elements: the Martian Fighting Machine, the Martian Cylinder and the Bacteria." ~ http://www.cix.co.uk/~sjbradshaw/martian/ The sculpture is certainly different from that found in most town centres.

From Quiz Sussex Made Easier

Answer: English Channel

The English Channel keeps the French away from us, or possibly the other way around. The Baltic is first left past Denmark, for the Bay of Biscay turn right, then left at Cherbourg and to reach the Mediterranean, change at Gibraltar.

From Quiz Back down to Sussex

Answer: Lewes

Americans have state capitals, songs, insects etc. We just have county towns. Lewes has been a town since Saxon times and in 1264 was the site of a historically significant battle between Simon de Montfort and King Henry III.

From Quiz Down the River Thames

Answer: Cotswold Hills

Traditionally the Thames starts its over two hundred mile journey to the sea at Thames Head, Gloucestershire. However, there is no definite source as there are several springs in the area which feed the fledgling river.

From Quiz Sussex for Visitors

Answer: West Sussex

Chichester is a delightful city centred around a mediaeval market cross. Other sights include the twelfth-century cathedral and the Guildhall. Also worth a visit in south West Sussex is the extensive Fishbourne Roman Palace, the charming village of Bosham on Chichester Harbour, or if you're all dressed up, you might like to go to the horse races at nearby Goodwood.

From Quiz Old Father Thames

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II Bridge

The Queen Elizabeth II Bridge near the Thames estuary (also known as the Dartford River Crossing) is a toll bridge linking Essex with Kent and is 450m long; carrying over 1000,000 vehicles on average daily. Westminster Bridge is close to the Houses of Parliament, The Millennium Bridge is a footbridge linking the Tate Modern Gallery to St Paul's Cathedral and the City, while Vauxhall Bridge is close to the large and featureless MI5 building in central London. The new century saw plans being developed for a bridge closer to the sea than the QEII Bridge.

From Quiz Kent Quiz

Answer: The Garden of England

So called because amongst other produce Kent was once the main source of hop production in the UK, and hops are used in the beer making process.

From Quiz Half of Sussex - The West

Answer: Selsey Bill

Selsey Bill is the southern point of the Manhood Peninsula. It is at the eastern end of Bracklesham Bay. It featured in the song "Saturday's Kids" by The Jam.

From Quiz Half of Sussex - The East

Answer: Rye and Winchelsea

Rye and Winchelsea were important ports in mediaeval times. In the Cinque Ports confederation (a predecessor of the Royal Navy along the Kent/Sussex coast), they were promoted from being mere "Limbs" of Hastings to being "Ancient Towns" in their own right.

From Quiz The Garden of England

Answer: Bluewater

Bluewater is just across the River Thames from Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex. The Bluewater complex is roughly triangular in shape and is sited in a former chalk quarry.

From Quiz Let's Navigate the River Thames [2]

Answer: Isis

The name is taken from the river itself. The stretch through Oxford is known as the River Isis. The second string boat also competes in a University boat race against Cambridge, whose second boat is called Goldie.

From Quiz Let's Navigate the River Thames [1]

Answer: The River becomes non-tidal

Teddington Lock also marks the boundary point between the Port Of London Authority, responsible for downstream navigation and The Environment Agency who are responsible for upstream navigation. The Lock complex itself actually consists of three separate Locks and a weir.

From Quiz A Brief History of Cranleigh

Answer: The postal address was being confused with the town of Crawley

The spelling changed was requested by the Post Office in the 1860s. The change was to avoid letters being misaddressed to the nearby village of Crawley in West Sussex.

From Quiz Chasing the Green Diamond

Answer: Vanguard Way

The Vanguard Way is a route about 65 miles in length, which reaches the coast at the Cuckmere Gap with glorious views of the Seven Sisters cliffs. From its end at Newhaven it is possible to take a ferry to France and carry on towards Paris. The "Ouse Valley Way" in Sussex is a 42 mile walk following the course of the River Ouse between Lower Beeding and Newhaven. Only at Handcross have I seen signs dividing it into east and west, but this is only to direct people east or west of A23 dual carriage way which is motorway class at this point. The "Lune Valley Ramble" is not in the south east of England, but in Lancashire.

From Quiz The Adventures of an American living in Surrey UK.

Answer: The American School In Switzerland

Yup, in Switzerland. It is referred to as TASIS England. The original TASIS was founded in 1956 near Lugano, Switzerland, by M. Crist Fleming. There are also TASIS in Cyprus, Greece, France, Spain and Puerto Rico.

From Quiz The Run of the Downs

Answer: Windover Hill

Rudyard Kipling in his poem "The Run of the Downs" lists this as 'Winddoor Hill', it is not difficult to get from Winddoor to Wind'oer to Windover as being various pronunciations of the same hill. In 1874 the "Long Man" was marked out in brick, prior to this it had only been visible when the lighting and weather conditions allowed.

From Quiz The White Cliffs of Dover

Answer: 350 feet

The White Cliffs of Dover are the area of coastline that faces the English Channel called The Straits of Dover. The cliffs form part of the North Downs. The Cliffs are visible from the French coast on a clear day.

From Quiz Guildford

Answer: The Omen

Guildford Cathedral is a modern cathedral. It was started in 1936 and completed in 1961. The version of "The Omen" is the 1976 version, not the 2006 version.

From Quiz A Boat Trip along the River Thames through Oxford

Answer: Old Father Thames

The statue of Old Father Thames was commissioned in 1854 for the Crystal Palace. The artist was R Monti. Following the fire in 1936 the statue was moved to the source of the river, only to be re-located again in 1974 because of fears of vandalism. St John's Lock gets it's name from a nearby Priory that was established in 1250, but which no longer exists. St John's is also the highest lock on the river, being 234ft ( 71.5m ) above sea level.

From Quiz Horsham and Surrounding Villages.

Answer: Last time a wife was sold in England.

According to several sources (including Henry Burstow: Reminiscences of Horsham) she was sold in Horsham market for 30 shillings to a man named Johnson, who sold his watch to raise the money. That the sources all list the same or very similar wording causes me to suspect that they are drawn from a common source.

From Quiz Surrey, Home of the Stockbroker Belt

Answer: Grand National

The Grand National was run at Gatwick in 1916, 1917 and 1918 as the War Office had taken over Aintree racecourse. It was named "The Racecourse Association Steeplechase" in 1916 and "The War Steeplechase" in the subsequent two years. These are the only three years to date that the race has been held at a venue other than Aintree. For those of you who know that Gatwick is now in Sussex, it was in Surrey until 1972.

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