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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cissbury like this:
CISSBURY, an ancient camp in Sussex; on the Downs, 4 miles NNW of Worthing. It crowns an oval-shaped hill; follows the hill's outline; occupies about 60 acres; and has a single deep trench, with high broad rampart. It probably took its name from the Saxon Cissa; but it has furnished evidence of having been occupied by the Romans.
Cissbury is now part of WORTHING District. Click here for graphs and data of how WORTHING has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cissbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cissbury, in Worthing and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31057
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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