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Caran | 23:50 Thu 14th Nov 2019 | Crosswords
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I bought a puzzler magazine today. Did a quiz type crossword. I think they made a mistake. Clue. Which former southern English country ( yes that's what was printed) had Winchester as its countytown?
I thought the answer was Wessex. The magazine says Sussex. Am I right?
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Cartainly not Sussex I'm sure. Now it's Hampshire - I thought Wessex was just an invention of Thomas Hardy.
00:02 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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Ooops. Looks like it may be correct after all - but kingdom of Wessex, not country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex
00:05 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex
00:06 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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There was a Kingdom of Sussex also, but its capital was Chichester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sussex
00:10 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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Sussex is not a former county, but Wessex is.
00:18 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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Sussex is a former county but was then split into two counties East Sussex and West Sussex. When I was at school there was only ONE Sussex, not East and West!

Both Sussex and Wessex were also former "kingdoms".
00:23 Fri 15th Nov 2019
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sussex

"West Sussex is the western part of the historic county of Sussex, formerly a medieval kingdom"
00:26 Fri 15th Nov 2019

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