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East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is
bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex
and, to the south, by the English Channel.
The ancient
kingdom of Sussex was divided into eastern and western
administrative regions, with separate county councils,
in 1888: the county town became Lewes. In the new Sussex
East county there were three self-administered county
boroughs: Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. In 1974
the new county of East Sussex was created: at which
point the three county boroughs became districts within
the county. At the same time the western boundary was
altered, so that the Mid Sussex region (including Burgess
Hill and Haywards Heath) was transferred to the administrative
county of West Sussex.
In 1997, Brighton & Hove became
a self administered unitary authority and was eventually
granted city status in 2000.
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