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Slightly off topic but a subject I find fascinating. When I was in MA and NE about 10 years ago I was fascinated to see so many town names that were familiar. Such as Plymouth, Portsmouth, Manchester, Birmingham etc.

I suppose that Sussex county is taken from our county of Sussex where I was born. Do you have any other Sussex or English town names in your Sussex County? For example Chichester, Brighton, Lewes, Hastings etc.

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Well will be dishing dinner shortly. Roast lamb, Yorkshire Pudding, beans and parsnips.

Lamb in the tin foil and Yorkshire in jug just about to go into the oven

Again choice of sweet, desserts, afters, seconds or whatever you call it.

I had a lot of milk left over from last week so before it goes off I thought I had better use it up so I made a custard tart.

Still more milk left over so I decided to do a mock trifle instead of egg custard I made up a whipped strawberry dessert which used up another pint of milk.

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Some of my ancestors named their property Almodington which is a tiny place near Brighton (UK). The county they lived in is Somerset, Maryland.

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You’re kidding?

One of the biggest towns in Sussex county is LewEs. In fact, when I first moved here I pronounced is Loooooz like all the foreigners. It is, of course, pronounced LewIs. I am under the impression that it was spelled with that E because the town was started by the Dutch.

Yes, Sussex county in Delaware was named after somewhere in England. Alot of places along the east coast were named after places in England. Delaware was, by the way, America’s FIRST STATE.

Sometimes I wonder why they even bothered.