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East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the northeast, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the northwest, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Brighton and Hove, and the county town is Lewes. The county has an area of 1,792 km 2 (692 sq mi) and a population of ...
East Sussex and West Sussex historically formed a single county, Sussex. East Sussex is part of the historic county of Sussex, which has its roots in the ancient kingdom of the South Saxons, who established themselves there in the 5th century AD, after the departure of the Romans. Archaeological remains are plentiful, especially in the upland ...
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county boundaries were revised with the mid-Sussex areas of East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and Hassocks being transferred from the administrative area of East Sussex into that of West Sussex, along with the Gatwick area that historically has been part of Surrey. The county boroughs ...
East Sussex was abolished for the 1885 general election, being divided between four new single-member county constituencies, Rye, Eastbourne, East Grinstead and Lewes. (Lewes and Rye also absorbed the voters from the abolished boroughs of the same names.)
The coat of arms of East Sussex. East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex and, to the south, by the English Channel. The ancient kingdom of Sussex had separate county administrations since the 12th century, with the county town of the eastern division being Lewes.
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine East Sussex with West Sussex as a sub-region of the South East Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named ...
Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove.
East Sussex County Council is the upper tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county ; the latter additionally includes Brighton and Hove .