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[b] [76] In 1889, following the Local Government Act 1888, Sussex was divided into two administrative counties, East Sussex and West Sussex, using those same boundaries, together with three self-governing county boroughs, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. In the post-war era, the New Towns Act 1946 designated Crawley as the site of a new town ...
Sussex seems to have had a greater degree of decentralisation than other kingdoms. [4] For a period during the 760s there may have been as many as four of five kings based within the territory, perhaps with each ruling over a distinct tribal territory, [5] perhaps on a temporary basis. [6]
The County of Sussex Act 1865 confirms the sub-division of Sussex into east and west areas for purposes of administration. [107] 1884: Skeleton Army riots in Worthing [108] 1889: County Councils were established for Sussex's eastern and western divisions. 1893: An outbreak of typhoid fever in Worthing results in 188 fatalities. [109] 1894
Sussex was historically divided into six sub-divisions known as rapes.From the 12th century the practice arose of holding the quarter sessions separately for the three eastern rapes and the three western rapes, with the courts for the western rapes of Arundel, Bramber and Chichester being held at Chichester.
Sussex was historically divided into six sub-divisions known as rapes.From the 12th century the practice arose of holding the quarter sessions separately for the three eastern rapes and the three western rapes, with the courts for eastern rapes being held at Lewes. [4]
It has been divided into variants for the three western rapes of West Sussex, the two eastern rapes of Lewes and Pevensey and an area approximate to the easternmost rape of Hastings. [ 96 ] [ 105 ] The Sussex dialect is also notable in having an unusually large number of words for mud, in a way similar to the popular belief which exists that ...
The Duke of Sussex settled his legal claim against The Sun’s publisher on Wednesday. ... from a South Africa-based private investigator named Mike Behr. ... for the serious intrusion by The Sun ...
The Local Government Act 1888 introduced administrative counties each governed by an elected county council. Sussex was divided into two administrative counties: With the exception of the county boroughs of Brighton, Hastings and from 1911, Eastbourne, East Sussex County Council administered the rapes of Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings, while West Sussex County Council administered the rapes of ...