Publications
A plan of defence, by Jenny Carter, published March 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 1, article, pp.12-15) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508834] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The Defence Act was enacted to counter the risk of invasion during the Napoleonic War. In Sussex, the Upper or Southern Division of the Rape of Lewes, directions dated 12 June 1803 were sent to the Inspectors of Districts and Superintendents of Parishes.