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Sussex County is a rural county located in the southeast of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,829. [1] Its county seat is Sussex. [2] It was formed in 1754 from Surry County. The county is named after the county of Sussex, England. [3] Sussex County is included in the Greater Richmond Region.
During the times of the Virginia Colony, Surry County was formed in 1652 from a portion of James City County (one of the original 8 counties formed in 1634) south of the James River. It was named for the English county of Surrey. Surry County initially consisted of two parishes of the Church of England: Lawne's Creek and Southwark.
The land either side of the River Bourne below the Lake and west of Virginia Water railway station is owned by Runnymede Borough Council as trustees of the Cabrera Trust, named after Spanish noble Ramòn Cabrera who owned and developed a wide landscape at Wentworth. [1] [n 1] Early Bridges. The bridge nearest the source is an old girder bridge ...
Surry (formerly Cross Roads, McIntosh's Cross Roads, McIntoshs Cross Roads, Scuffletown, Smithville, Surry Court House, and The Crossroads) [5] is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 244 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Surry County. [6]
The Borough of Runnymede is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Addlestone and the borough also includes the towns of Chertsey and Egham . The borough is named after Runnymede , a water meadow on the banks of the River Thames near Egham, which is connected with the sealing of Magna Carta ...
Sussex is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Sussex County, Virginia, United States. [1] The population as of the 2020 Census was 181. [2] [3] The Sussex County Courthouse Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The longest river entirely in Sussex is the River Arun, which is 60 kilometres (37 mi) long. The rivers wholly within the county are relatively short. All Sussex's rivers rise in the Weald, with the Arun, the western branch of the Adur, the Mole and the Ouse all rising in the area of St Leonard's Forest. Most of the county's rivers flow either ...
Riverside Walk is a 21.2-hectare (52-acre) local nature reserve in Virginia Water, Surrey. It is owned by Runnymede Borough Council and managed by The Cabrera Trust Committee. [1] [2] This is a woodland site along the banks of the River Bourne. The wildlife is diverse and 250 plant species have been recorded, along with 57 different birds.