Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a town in the non-metropolitan region of East Sussex, within the historical region of Sussex, England, located between the High Weald as well as the Romney Marsh, around 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Rye as well as 7 miles (11 km) north eastern of Hastings. The community depends on the site of a middle ages town, founded in 1288, to replace an earlier community of the same name, sometimes called Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal disintegration. The town belongs to the civil parish of Icklesham. It is claimed by some citizens that the town is in reality the smallest town in Britain, as there is a mayor and also corporation in Winchelsea, however that insurance claim is disputed by areas such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is picked each year from amongst the members of the corporation, who are called freemen, rather than being elected by public ballot. New freemen are themselves picked by existing members of the company. Thus, in its existing form, the company is successfully an antique of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten district' (when Winchelsea chose 2 MPs but the number of citizens was restricted to regarding a lots, in some cases less). The firm lost its remaining civil and also judicial powers in 1886 yet was maintained as a charity by an Act of Parliament to preserve the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and corporation in Winchelsea now have a largely ceremonial role, along with obligation for the continuous care as well as upkeep of the primary listed old monoliths in the community and the Winchelsea gallery. Winchelsea comprises neither a local government district, civil parish neither charter trustees area.
