Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a village in the non-metropolitan area of East Sussex, within the historical area of Sussex, England, located in between the High Weald and also the Romney Marsh, about 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Rye and also 7 miles (11 kilometres) north eastern of Hastings. The community bases on the site of a middle ages community, established in 1288, to change an earlier community of the same name, in some cases known as Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal erosion. The community becomes part of the civil parish of Icklesham. It is declared by some homeowners that the community is in reality the smallest town in Britain, as there is a mayor and company in Winchelsea, but that insurance claim is disputed by places such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is selected yearly from among the participants of the firm, that are called freemen, as opposed to being elected by public vote. New freemen are themselves chosen by existing participants of the firm. Thus, in its existing form, the company is properly a relic of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten borough' (when Winchelsea elected two MPs yet the variety of voters was limited to about a dozen, sometimes less). The corporation lost its continuing to be civil and also judicial powers in 1886 however was protected as a charity by an Act of Parliament to maintain the subscription of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor as well as corporation in Winchelsea now have a greatly ceremonial function, along with responsibility for the recurring care and upkeep of the main noted old monuments in the town as well as the Winchelsea museum. Winchelsea makes up neither a local government district, civil parish neither charter trustees area.
