Exceat

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Exceat (pronounced ex-seat) was a village in East Sussex located on what is now the A259 just east of the River Cuckmere between Seaford and Friston.

The name may have come from the Old English for "the place of the Aese", early kings of Kent.

After the Norman conquest, the village was given to Robert, Count of Mortain, half brother of William the Conqueror. Both Exceat and the land were given later to Grestein Priory in Wilmington.

Exceat was an important village with its own church until the 14th century, when the village was devastated by the Black Death. Subsequent raids led to the village being effectively abandoned by the 15th century

Today, the main features are the Seven Sisters visitors' centre and the Golden Galleon Public House across Exceat Bridge.