Winchelsea
Winchelsea is a town in the non-metropolitan area of East Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, located in between the High Weald and also the Romney Marsh, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Rye and also 7 miles (11 km) north eastern of Hastings. The town depends on the site of a middle ages community, founded in 1288, to change an earlier community of the same name, in some cases called Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal erosion. The town is part of the civil parish of Icklesham. It is asserted by some homeowners that the town is in reality the smallest town in Britain, as there is a mayor and company in Winchelsea, yet that case is contested by areas such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is picked annually from amongst the participants of the corporation, that are known as freemen, instead of being chosen by public ballot. New freemen are themselves picked by existing participants of the corporation. Thus, in its existing type, the firm is successfully an antique of Winchelsea's days as a 'rotten district' (when Winchelsea chose two MPs however the number of citizens was restricted to concerning a loads, sometimes fewer). The corporation shed its continuing to be civil and also judicial powers in 1886 but was maintained as a charity by an Act of Parliament to maintain the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and firm in Winchelsea now have a mainly ceremonial duty, together with duty for the ongoing treatment and maintenance of the primary listed old monoliths in the town and the Winchelsea museum. Winchelsea comprises neither a local government district, civil parish nor charter trustees area.