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  Newton, NJ - Sussex Railroad
The Sussex Mine Railroad was chartered on March 9, 1848, for the sole purpose of transporting iron ore between Andover and Waterloo.
First Mortgage Bondholders of the Sussex Railroad met at the Cochran House in Newton on December 17, 1857, and proposed a change in the management and ownership of the railroad, whereby it would come under local control and be operated and improved as a valuable adjunct to the town and county.
The Directors of the Sussex Railroad met on December 2, 1858, to elect Martin Ryerson to the board and Aaron Peck to succeed John Horton, deceased, as president.
www.newtonnj.net /Pages/railroad.htm   (12188 words)

  
 Hardie Family History -
Sussex is a southern county (total area of 933,887 acres) is split into two administrative counties of West Sussex and East Sussex.
The county corresponded roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex, bounded on the north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire.
Sussex, from its position, was constantly the scene of preparations for invasion, and was often concerned in rebellions.
users.bigpond.net.au /hardiehistory/PlaceHistory/england/sussex/sussex.htm   (1799 words)

  
 History of Sussex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Godwine was probably a native of Sussex, and by the end of Edward the Confessor's reign a third part of the county was in the hands of his family.
Norman influence was already strong in Sussex before the Conquest: abbey of Fécamp had interest in the harbours of Hastings, Rye, Winchelsea and Steyning; while the estate of Bosham was held by a Norman chaplain to Edward the Confessor.
The parliamentary history of the county began in the 13th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_East_Sussex   (2119 words)

  
 Diagenetic history - 3-D Reservoir Characterization
The Sussex "B" sandstone is a litharenite to feldspathic litharenite, based on the classification of Folk (1970).
Precipitation of (middle diagenesis) calcite cement prior to cementation by quartz is illustrated by the figure 28 cross-plot of depth in feet from surface versus volumes of a) calcite cement, b) quartz cement, and c) core porosity and d) permeability.
Sussex "B" sandstone average porosity and permeablity of 13 percent and 15 mD are shown, as well as Sussex core and Shannon outcrop exposures that approximate core facies described in Higley (1988, 1994).
pubs.usgs.gov /dds/dds-033/USGS_3D/ssx_txt/diagenes.htm   (1788 words)

  
 Sussex County, Delaware (U.S.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Sussex County Delaware was claimed for a number of years by both Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Lord Baltimore disputed Penn's ownership of the three Delaware counties, and the southern and western areas of Sussex County were claimed by both Maryland and Pennsylvania, but were governed by Maryland until the Mason-Dixon Line was approved by George III in 1769; when all of Delaware was awarded to Pennsylvania.
In 1769, Kent, New Castle, and Sussex counties met in Constitutional Convention and the State of Delaware was formed.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/us-de-sc.html   (162 words)

  
 Sussex Local History
The Village of Sussex was incorporated in 1924 from the hamlets (towns) of Sussex (1842, some say 1837) and Templeton (1886).
The Village Hall is located at the beautifully renovated Sussex Main Street School House, and is generally open Monday through Friday, call 246-5200 The elected Village Board consists of an elected President, and six supervisors, along with a Village Administrator.
Sussex is positioned 43.13 degrees north of the equator and 88.21 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.slahs.org /history/local/sussex.htm   (473 words)

  
 History : University of Sussex
Since the establishment of Sussex the History Department has played a leading role within the University, because of the range of its teaching and the interdisciplinary nature of its courses.
It offers BA degrees in History, Contemporary History, and Intellectual History, and MA degrees in History, Contemporary History, Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought, Early Modern History, Local and Regional History, and Modern European Jewish History.
Members of the department have established international profiles in the history of everyday life, poverty and social exclusion, gender and the family, environmental history, business and international history, and the history of political thought and political culture.
www.sussex.ac.uk /history   (190 words)

  
 The Skylands Region Of New Jersey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1881, Snell, James P., 909 pgs.
History of Morris County, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and pioneers.
Centennial history of Somerset County Somerville N.J.: C.M. Jameson, 1878, Messler, Abraham, 198 pgs.
genealogycds.com /sales/Skylands.html   (1528 words)

  
 Mummers Plays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In Sussex, Arthur Beckett found that the dress seemed to be relatively unimportant, perhaps because the play is usually performed by the poor, there has been no particular tradition regarding the dress of the actors.
Two Sussex exceptions are a character called "Moll" in the Firle Play who cries over her dead son and a "Weeping Widow" present in the Rottingdean Play, but absent in the Ovingdean Play with which it shares many ties.
The theory was that the play, with it's death of a hero and subsequent resurrection by a doctor, was an echo of the ritual of death and rebirth of nature during winter so often given by Frazer, where a fertility god is symbolically killed in his old age to be reborn young in the spring.
www2.prestel.co.uk /aspen/sussex/mumming.html   (2514 words)

  
 Genealogy and History of SUSSEX County, New Jersey
The historical directory of Sussex County, N.J. : containing a brief summary of events from its first settlement, with descriptive and historical notices of each town : also, the name and post office address of each freeholder Andover, N.J.: Webb, Edward A., 1872, 142 pgs.
Memoirs and reminiscences, together with sketches of the early history of Sussex County, New Jersey: Hackensack, N.J, 1907, Schaeffer, Casper, 195 pgs.
Sussex County residents who have died in the service of their country during wartime : contains a list of Sussex County residents who have died in the service, 22 pgs.
genealogycds.com /sales/Sussex.htm   (552 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
West Sussex This county covers an area of 780 square miles and has a population of 700,000.
Sussex's spine is the South Downs, the ancient chalk ridge running from east to west, separating the Weald from the English Channel.
Sussex is drained north to south by a number of rivers, the largest of which are the Adur, Ouse, Rother and Arun, which have cut their way through gaps in the chalk, draining into the English Channel.
www.camelotintl.com /heritage/counties/england/sussex.html   (1096 words)

  
 HMS Sussex, Shipwreck lost off Gibraltar in 1694 an historical overview of Andalucia, Spain
MS Sussex was a large 80-gun, 500 sailor, English warship lost in a severe storm in 1694.
Built in the reign of William and Mary, HMS Sussex was Admiral Sir Francis Wheeler's flagship, escorting a fleet of 40 warships and 166 merchant ships to the Mediterranean when she was lost on her first major voyage.
In the case of the Sussex project, because of regional sensitivities over the issue of the territorial status of the waters, and in accordance with diplomatic requests, the Company's agreements of cooperation were made without prejudice to any jurisdictional claims relative to the territorial status of waters.
www.andalucia.com /history/hmssussex.htm   (1644 words)

  
 History of Allamuchy, NJ
History of Allamuchy, NJ History of Allamuchy, NJ From History of Warren County, NJ By George Wyckoff Cummins, Ph.
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey.
The Quaker Settlement was a station on “the Underground Railroad” between Quakertown, Hunterdon County and the Drowned Lands of Sussex County, that was used by many fugitive slaves on their way to freedom in Canada.
history.rays-place.com /nj/war-allamuchy.htm   (710 words)

  
 Travel in Sussex - Canada-History-WorldTravelGate.net®-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As the settlement of the Loyalists developed, the Parish Of Sussex was established in 1786.
The Town Of Sussex has and continues to provide services for the needs of the agricultural and forestry sector throughout the years.
Today Sussex continues to provide regional services that include health care, education, business, industry and recreation to the rural areas.
www.americatravelling.net /canada/sussex/sussex_history.htm   (164 words)

  
 Sussex County - History
In the view of history, the war freed the slaves in Delaware, but recent works question the nature of that freedom.
The overwhelming effect was that rural life in the County continued in the same way it had in preceding years.
This webpage is an introduction to the history of Sussex County.
www.sussexcountyde.gov /about/history/index.cfm   (709 words)

  
 About Sussex County
Sussex County is situated at the extreme top of New Jersey and has always been off the beaten path due to it's rural nature.
In addition, the rugged Kittatinny Mountains cut across its entire northwestern edge and the heavily-wooded New Jersey Highlands rise upward from the Kittatinny Valley in the eastern part of the county.
The Sussex Highlands range upwards to 1,496 feet above sea level near Vernon.
www.scar-info.org /content/about_sussex.asp   (208 words)

  
 Sussex County Telephone History
Today, when even many children have their own cell phone, it's hard to envision a time when phone service was totally unavailable, and even more difficult to imagine the lengths that people went to establish any type of phone service.
Sussex County had a its own telephone pioneer, a country doctor who wanted to serve patients on both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Delaware River.
His venture was incorporated as the Sussex Telephone Company in 1897 by some New York City businessmen with Miller as a major stockholder.
www.njskylands.com /hsphone.htm   (738 words)

  
 The New Jersey Herald - History
The New Jersey Herald and New Jersey Sunday Herald are published in Newton, Sussex County, New Jersey, and serve Northwest New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania and New York.
The New Jersey Herald, published Monday through Friday, and The New Jersey Sunday Herald circulate in Sussex County which has a population of 150,000, and portions of the adjacent New Jersey counties of Morris and Warren, as well as Pike County, PA and Orange County, NY.
The Herald was first established as a weekly newspaper by Col. Grant Fitch, a merchant in Newton, the county seat of Sussex County..
www.njherald.com /history.php   (664 words)

  
 Art History : University of Sussex
The Department of Art History at Sussex is a dynamic, friendly group of students, faculty and support staff, working in a stimulating, research-intensive setting.
We have two masters programmes the MA in Art History and the MA in Byzantine Art and Text.
The slide collection is diverse and covers all areas of Art History taught at the University of Sussex.
www.sussex.ac.uk /arthistory   (110 words)

  
 Sussex - Genealogy, Family History, Surnames and Local History.
The village by village contact site for anybody researching family history, genealogy and local history in the UK and Ireland.
Descendants settled in England and one settled in Sussex where she became a Sister of Notre Dame in Sussex.
Jeremiah Beale was tried in Sussex in 1824 prior to transportation to Australia on the Hercules II in 1825.
www.curiousfox.com /history/sussex_41.html   (1241 words)

  
 Cricinfo - "This is History" Sussex 2003
"This is History", the commemorative DVD celebrating Sussex's final push towards the County Championship last year, will probably be of little interest to non-Sussex followers, but it is worth watching just to remind yourself how much county cricket still means to players and supporters.
The camera follows the squad for their remaining three games of the season, showing match footage interspersed with starring roles from Peter Moores, the dedicated coach, Chris Adams, the no-nonsense captain, and Mushtaq Ahmed, the heartbeat of the side.
After a win against Middlesex, celebrated by the first of many renditions of "Sussex by the Sea", and a thrashing by rivals Lancashire in the penultimate game at Old Trafford, graphics remind us that only six points stand between Sussex and history.
www.icc-cricket.com /kenya/content/story/137026.html   (244 words)

  
 The Royal Sussex Regiment [UK]
History of The Royal Sussex Regiment, by F.A. Mason.
History of The Royal Sussex Regiment, by John Baines.
History of the Royal Sussex Regiment, by Military Museum of Sussex.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/035Sussx.htm   (649 words)

  
 History of the Sheriff's Office
In 1635, the history of the American Sheriff began after the settlements in Virginia were well enough established to allow for the replacement of the military regime by a civil government.
The Sussex County Sheriff's Office is the first and oldest established law enforcement entity in Sussex County, N.J. The first "High" Sheriff was Joseph Brackenridge, appointed on November 12, 1753.
Two sources, the "Magazine Sussex" and the "New Jersey Herald" name the Constable who actually tripped the lever which sent the weight to the ground and Kish up to hang.
www.sussexcountysheriff.com /History.htm   (972 words)

  
 The history of Sussex TV - Sussex Cricket - Sussex County Cricket Club's (SCCC) official website
The history of Sussex TV Your browser must have Javascript enabled to view movies.
The idea of displaying this footage on our website existed back to 2003 as well, but plenty of work and research was required before we were able to test the idea in the summer of 2005.
The first version of Sussex TV was launched in April 2005 to much success, with match highlights from every game (except broadcast fixtures) being available on the evening of the match.
www.sussexcricket.co.uk /sussex-tv/what-is-sussex-tv/history-sussex-tv   (327 words)

  
 Sussex County Library System
Biographical and genealogical history of Morris and Sussex Counties, New Jersey.
History of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, New Jersey, SNELL's
History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers.
www.sussexcountylibrary.org /localhistory.htm   (966 words)

  
 News and Events - 2000 - Explore the History of Sussex County at SCCC
Explore the History of Sussex County at SCCC
Sussex County has a rich and varied history.
Sussex County Community College will be offering residents the opportunity to explore the history of the people and events that helped shape the county.
www.sussex.edu /newsandevents/2000/12/200012151.htm   (115 words)

  
 References to EVERITT and EVERT in Sussex County, New Jersey
That gentleman has for many eyars acted as the historian of the profession in Sussex County, during which time he has been indefatigable in his efforts to rescue from oblivion the incidents connected with the lives and practice of the medical men of his district during the generations that are passed.
It is the successor of the old Sussex Bank, which was founded in 1818.
Pettit sold the property in 1792 to A. Woodruff for the sum of [symbol for pounds] 5, and from Woodruff in turn it passed to the possession of Joseph Gaston, who built the present grist-mill.
home1.gte.net /vze4p5bi/everitt5.htm   (2375 words)

  
 Sussex Spaniel Puppies, Sussex Spaniels
A good house dog and family pet, the Sussex Spaniel is soft and affectionate with a placid outlook on life.
Originating from Sussex in southern England it is said they are a cross with the Clumber Spaniel and Bloodhound.
The Sussex Spaniel was mainly used to hunt partridge and pheasant.
2000dogs.com /sussexspaniel.htm   (361 words)

  
 Herstmonceux Parish local history and environment
The oldest parts are the 12th century west tower [perhaps the only Sussex church tower which forms part of the west end of the nave] and the west wall of the nave....
July 19, 1915: The chairman read a circular from the emergency committee suggesting that farmers should not crowd their stacks round farm buildings, and that the parish councils might be asked to organise this and salvage parties to act in case of air raids.
Thomas Smith Royal Sussex Trugs (which moved to Chiddingly in 2003) says that the "trog" was "an Anglo-Saxon measure hewn from solid wood in the shape of a coracle boat" (see A Short History of the Sussex Trug Basket).
www.cowbeech.force9.co.uk /hmcxhistory.htm   (3921 words)

  
 Art History: Journal of the Association of Art Historians - Journal Information
Art History is a refereed journal that publishes essays and reviews on all aspects, areas and periods of the history of art, from a diversity of perspectives.
Moving between broader accounts of the impact of Enlightenment philosophy in shaping an understanding of the 'decorative arts' and case studies of silks, furniture and architecture, it illuminates the material worlds of consumers from the extravagance of the court to the more modest tastes of middle-class families.
London is at once an imagined community and an interaction of histories and place which present the experience of a metropolis.
www.blackwellpublishing.com /journal.asp?ref=0141-6790   (1000 words)

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