Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a small town in the non-metropolitan region of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, around 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) south west of Rye and also 7 miles (11 kilometres) north eastern of Hastings. The town depends on the site of a middle ages community, founded in 1288, to change an earlier town of the same name, often known as Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal erosion. The town belongs to the civil parish of Icklesham. It is asserted by some residents that the town remains in reality the smallest community in Britain, as there is a mayor as well as firm in Winchelsea, yet that case is contested by locations such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is picked yearly from among the members of the firm, that are called freemen, rather than being elected by public vote. New freemen are themselves chosen by existing participants of the corporation. Therefore, in its existing form, the company is properly an antique of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten district' (when Winchelsea chose two MPs but the variety of citizens was restricted to concerning a lots, sometimes less). The company shed its continuing to be civil and also judicial powers in 1886 but was protected as a charity by an Act of Parliament to maintain the subscription of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and company in Winchelsea currently have a mostly ceremonial function, along with obligation for the recurring care as well as upkeep of the main provided ancient monuments in the town as well as the Winchelsea gallery. Winchelsea makes up neither a city government district, civil parish nor charter trustees area.