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Eastbourne Coat of Arms, a version from 1925. Eastbourne's first elected local authority was a local board, established in 1859 when the ancient parish of Eastbourne was made a local government district. Prior to that the parish had been governed by its vestry, in the same way as most rural areas. [5]
The council agreed to apply for a new coat of arms from the College of Arms in November 2021. [3] County Council, became Unitary in 2020. Bristol City Council: Transferred 1974 District Council, became Unitary in 1996. Cornwall Council: Transferred 1975 County Council, became Unitary in 2009. Cumberland Council: 1951 [a]
Coat of arms granted to West Sussex County Council in 1889. West Sussex County Council promptly applied to the College of Arms for a grant of arms, which were granted on 18 May 1889. [7] The cost of the grant was met by the Duke of Norfolk, a member of the council and titular head of the College of Arms. West Sussex was the first county council ...
By the 1960s the council again needed more space and so the current County Hall was built. Southover House was sold to Lewes District Council in 1998. [29] Full council meetings continued to be held in the council chamber at Pelham House until 2003 when a new council chamber was created in the 1968 County Hall and Pelham House was sold. [24]
Coat of arms of London County Council; G. Coat of arms of Greater Manchester; I. Coat of arms of the Isle of Wight; L. Armorial of county councils of England; W.
The club crest is mostly based on the Eastbourne coat of arms. As with all the other Eastbourne sports teams who use the same basis of the town crest, with the exception of rival team Eastbourne United also used the same town crest until their merger with Shinewater Association in 2003.
Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh visited the town hall and signed the visitors book during a tour of East Sussex in 1966. [15] [16] [17] The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Eastbourne County Borough Council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when Eastbourne District Council was formed in 1974. [18]
East Sussex County Council uses a flag based on the East Sussex County Council coat of arms, which also features the six gold martlets from the heraldic shield of Sussex. West Sussex County Council maintained the basic colours and pattern of the traditional emblem, six gold martlets on blue, but added a gold chief – a bar across the top of ...