Camber Castle, Sussex

Historical Description

Camber Castle, a ruined fortalice on the coast of Sussex, nearly midway between Winchelsea and Rye. It was one of the strengths built by Henry VIII. for defence of the coast, was dismantled in 1642, and has a central tower surmounted by smaller ones with connecting curtains. The sea once washed its walls, but has considerably receded.

Maps

Online maps of Camber Castle are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Sussex newspapers online:

• Mid Sussex Times
• Chichester Express and West Sussex Journal
• Sussex Agricultural Express
• Hastings and St Leonards Observer
• Sussex Advertiser
• Brighton Gazette
• Bexhill-on-Sea Observer