Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a town in the non-metropolitan region of East Sussex, within the historic region of Sussex, England, situated between the High Weald and the Romney Marsh, roughly 2 miles (3.2 km) southern west of Rye and 7 miles (11 km) north eastern of Hastings. The community depends on the site of a middle ages town, founded in 1288, to change an earlier town of the same name, occasionally known as Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal disintegration. The community becomes part of the civil parish of Icklesham. It is declared by some homeowners that the community is in reality the tiniest community in Britain, as there is a mayor as well as company in Winchelsea, however that insurance claim is disputed by locations such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is selected annually from amongst the participants of the corporation, that are known as freemen, as opposed to being elected by public vote. New freemen are themselves chosen by existing members of the company. Hence, in its existing form, the firm is effectively a relic of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten borough' (when Winchelsea chose two MPs but the variety of voters was restricted to regarding a loads, often fewer). The company shed its remaining civil and judicial powers in 1886 however was protected as a charity by an Act of Parliament to keep the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and also firm in Winchelsea now have a largely ritualistic function, together with duty for the ongoing care as well as maintenance of the major detailed old monoliths in the town and also the Winchelsea museum. Winchelsea makes up neither a city government area, civil parish nor charter trustees location.
