Newhaven

Newhaven, a seaport of Sussex, at the mouth of the Ouse, 8½ miles E. of Brighton and 56 S. of London. It has risen into importance through its steamboat traffic, particularly to Dieppe (5½ hours), and has a large fort (1864-69) and a little Norman 12th-century church, with an east tower and small semicircular apse, curiously like that of Yainville-sur-Seine. Pop. (1851) 1358; (1891) 4955.