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  ipedia.com: Sussex Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The county is not wholly on the southward slope, for in the middle northern district it contributes a small drainage area to the Thames basin, and the river Medway rises in it.
The area of the ancient county is 933,887 acres (3,800 km²), with a population in 1891 of 550,446 and in 1901 of 605,202.
The corrupt and burdensome administration of the county during the 13th and 14th centuries, combined with the constant passage of troops for the French wars and the devastating plagues of the 14th century, were the causes of such rebellions as the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and Jack Cade's Rebellion in 1450.
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 Sussex - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Lewes is the county seat of East Sussex; Chichester is the administrative center for West Sussex.
Sussex is primarily an agricultural region devoted to dairy farming, wheat growing, and market gardening.
Sussex Central passes test: The Tigers complete their first two touchdown passes of the season in winning the Region A, Division 1 championship.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sussex.html   (348 words)

  
 SUSSEX ENGLAND
It is bounded on the north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for administrative purposes into West Sussex and East Sussex and the City of Brighton and Hove.
Sussex still retains a strong local identity and the county's unofficial anthem is Sussex by the Sea.
The area of the ancient county is 933,887 acres (3,800 km²), with a population in 1891 of 550,446 and in 1901 of 605,202.
www.solarnavigator.net /geography/sussex/sussex.htm   (1658 words)

  
 County Division Natural Polk Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
British West Sussex County Division - The West Sussex County Division was formed by the redesignation of Brocforce on 9 November 1940.
British Essex County Division - The Essex County Division was formed on 18 February 1941 by the redesignation of the West Sussex County Division.
British Norfolk County Division - The Norfolk County Division was an infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War named after the County of Norfolk.
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 ECB COUNTY CRICKET
Sussex were Champions in 2003 and Warwickshire in 2004.
Minor Counties of which there are 19 plus Wales play a championship split in two divisions East and West with a grand final to decide the Champion County.
The 38 County Competition was born out of the former MCC KO Trophy for Minor County Clubs and the old NCA County KO Competition which included Scottish Regions.
www.ecomallbiz.com /easy1/countycricket   (1006 words)

  
 East Lancashire League
Only in division four, the 3C’s team was beaten by Oldham 2, who eventually were the winners of this division.
In Division B 3 C’s lost only to Swinton 1 team, but only because of school holidays, when the captain forgot to inform the opposition of this.
Division D winners are Oldham 2 with a score of 10/12, who, like 3 C’s in division C did not lose a match, but had two draws one against Peoples 3, the other against Urmston 2.
www.bcf.org.uk /national/2002/eastlancssep02.htm   (529 words)

  
 The British Regimental System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The key divergence between the British and Continental use of the Regiment was that the British did not attach a tactical significance to the Regiment.
The British felt this could be avoided with their system, and it had a significant effect on organisation.
The British Army felt this offered the best of both worlds; a large number of Regiments, often numbered into the seventies and beyond, each with a strong local recruiting base and a sense of history, could be maintained even during peacetime.
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 Excerpt from Pigot's and Slater's Topology of the British Isles
The middle and southern parts of this county are generally level, and have a depth of rich loamy soil.
The town is included in the jurisdiction of the county magistrates, who hold a petty sessions for the division on the first and third Wednesdays in every month; a court leet of the lord of the manor is held annually in October, when constables and other officers are appointed.
The chapelry of LATCHFORD, separated from Warrington by the river Mersey, is in the parish of Grappenhall, county of Chester; its commodious and handsome church is dedicated to Saint James.
www.sff.net /people/Julia.West/geneal/burslem.htm   (1283 words)

  
 Chess in Rochdale
The winners of the BandR league was 3 C’s A with no losses, Rochdale B won the Division 2 west, and Heywood B shared the honours with Rochdale C in division 2 east.
B Division winners were Atherton A with 16/20, but the C division went to Crusaders C with 13/20.
The B division is destined to be the prize of 3 C’s 2nd.
www.bcf.org.uk /national/2002/rochdalenewssep02.htm   (384 words)

  
 Cricket links - clubs- The Fixture List
The 1st XI are in Division 2 and the 2nd XI are in Division 4.
Old Cranleighans - In 1870 the Surrey County School (as Cranleigh was known until 1889) decided to arrange a match for the School XI against the Old Boys, and so took place the first match involving the team which was to become the Old Cranleighan.
West of England Premier league status ensures the high quality of league Cricket at this, one of the most beautiful grounds in the West Country.
www.thefixturelist.org.uk /cricketlinks-clubs.shtml   (12440 words)

  
 Military and maritime History
He rose to positions of trust and responsibility, becoming speaker of the assembly of the Three Lower Counties, a member of the Governor's Council, and a judge of the Supreme Court of Sussex County.
Because of the enlarged land area of Sussex with the settlement of the Penn-Calvert boundary case, western Sussex residents exerted sufficient effort to have the county seat established at a new community made expressly for the purpose at a central spot—Georgetown.
Among the British warships in the bay were the 74-gun Poictiers and the 36-gun Belvidera.
www.lewestown.com /lewes_history/military.html   (4128 words)

  
 British Resorts and Destinations Association Online
The site is designed as a one stop shop giving the public, national press, trade partners, students and other interested parties information on, and links to, a wealth of information regarding many of the UK's most popular built and rural inland and coastal destinations.
The British Resorts and Destinations Association originally formed in 1921, has developed from a traditional local government association, to become a national body that operates as a trade association representing the wider interest of local authority sponsored tourism.
To learn more of the British Resorts and Destinations Association and its activities, please click here.
www.britishresorts.co.uk /default.asp   (359 words)

  
 Rockingham County Virginia Records
Rockingham County was formed on 1 March 1778 from the upper part of Augusta County.
Many of the early records of Rockingham County were destroyed by Federal raiders during the Civil War, when they set fire to the wagons carrying the records to Greene County for safe keeping.
Like Rockbridge and Shenandoah counties, Rockingham's formation in 1778 was part of a major division of the two frontier counties of Augusta and Frederick during the American Revolution.
genealogyresources.org /Rockingham.html   (915 words)

  
 The Counties of England and their County Councils
Many of the names of the Counties are suffixed by the word "shire" recording for posterity that they were once controlled on behalf of the sovereign by a 'Shire Reeve' or Sheriff, the most famous of all being the "Sheriff of Nottingham" in the Tales of Robin Hood.
All counties represented the administrative sub divisions of the nation until the end of the Victorian period and many have continued to survive as Local Authority admininstrative areas to the present day.
Counties themselves are further sub-divided into Boroughs and Districts some of which are Metropolitan Boroughs and Metropolitan Districts.
www.british-towns.net /en/level_1_display.asp   (390 words)

  
 Hundreds Delaware
Hundreds were used as a sub-county division in England and were introduced in some of the British colonies.
For Delaware, the origin is cited as a letter written in 1682 by William Penn, the newly-appointed Lord Proprietor of the province of Pennsylvania and the counties on the Delaware.
A "hundred" is an old Saxon land division which is smaller than a county or shire and larger than a tithing.
www2.lib.udel.edu /subj/genealogy/resguide/hund.htm   (930 words)

  
 British Genealogy - Home Page
County Mailing lists are the ones that you will probably like to try first.
These are the old historical counties, which is the way that official records were made and are classified.
Instead, contact a family history society or a county record office, who hold lists of such people, and who will be willing to advise you.
www.british-genealogy.com /lists/index.htm   (1997 words)

  
 The King (Field Marshal).
A peacetime order of battle of the British Army for July of 1914, for all troops recruited from the British Isles, listing all divisions, brigades, regiments, and battalions of infantry and cavalry, batteries of artillery, and companies of engineers with their garrison locations.
Northumberland Fusiliers, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, West Riding, Yorkshire Light Infantry, York and Lancaster, and Durham Light Infantry Regimental Depôts (5th, 14th, 25th, 19th, 33rd, 51st, 65th, and 68th Regimental Districts, respectively).
Royal West Surrey, East Kent, Royal Fusiliers, East Surrey, Royal Sussex, Royal West Kent, and Middlesex Regimental Depôts (2nd, 3rd, 7th, 31st, 35th, 50th, and 57th Regimental Districts, respectively).
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 Research on Hon John Eckley
It said he was of the Lea, Parish of Kimbolton, county of Hereford, England and of the town and county of Haverford West, in Pennsylvania.
In planning a trip to England in June, 1969, Ralph B. Eckley of Monmouth was able to find that there was a Kimbolton in Hereford, close to the larger town of Leominster and this was included as a place to visit.
On the 17th of Sixth month, 1687, he was put in "commission of the peace for the county of Philadelphia," and on the 18th was appointed Register-General, in the room of James Claypoole, deceased.
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 Welcome To Replicaters.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As per a 1937 Department of Defence specification, the British Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) was the standard uniform for personnel of all arms and services, officers, NCO's and men in the field.
Our British wwii (ww2, world war two) uniforms, equipment, gear, webbing, shoes and boots, caps, badges, patches, insignia, chevrons etc have been replicated to exact specifications prevalent during the world war and are a favourite among re-enactors.
We also manufacture British Army Highland regiments kilts and other equipment like sporrans, sashes, banners, flags, hose, doublets, belts, insignia, badges, buckles etc. For Kilts you will need to send us the fabric but all other articles are manufactured inhouse.
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 Territorial Force Infantry Division 1914
As soon as the Divisions were transferred to other parts of the world battalions were shuffled around, although the territorial character was retained as long as possible.
the Wessex Division became the 1/Wessex Division, and later the 43rd (Wessex) Division, and the 2nd Line became the 2/Wessex Division, later the 45th (2/Wessex) Division.
On outbreak of hostilities the West Lancashire Division sent 9 battalions to France to reinforce the B.E.F., while the remiander joined the Highland Division.
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 Isle of Wight County Virginia Records
Isle of Wight County was one of the original shires of Virginia established in 1634.
As first constituted, the new county bore a vague boundary description which was clarified by several Acts (1639/40), 1642/43, and 1647).
Finally, in 1749, the only division of the county occurred when the southern portion of the county was taken to form Southampton County.
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 The West Kent Sunday Football League Official Website Home Page
As a result, there will be a few changes to next week's fixtures; these will be on this website soon as the details are confirmed.
The Division Four league table will be adjusted accordingly.
Division Three is the only Division with more home wins than away wins.
www.wksl.org.uk   (1000 words)

  
 History of Delaware County - Ashmead, Ch. IX, (Page 67)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The same evening the Forty-second and Tenth British Regiments, with two howitzers and two mortars, marched to Philadelphia to protect a large quantity of provisions landed at Chester for the use of the army, which were then being transported to the city.
The day previous to this bold movement of the milita, Col. Boyd, sub-lieutenant of Chester County, was instructed to call out the fifth class of the militia to defend the inhabitants from foraging parties, and that a troop of fifty horsemen should be organized for that purpose.
Gen. Armstrong, on the 14th, informed Council that his division had been separated, that Gen. Potter with his brigade had been "sent to Chester County to annoy the Enemies' small parties, whether Horse or foot, that may be found on the Lancaster or Darby roads, prevent provisions going to the Enemy, andc.
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 theBubbler - Wisconsin Information and Directory: Business Listings, Classifieds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Beer cans: what will always be rolling around on the floor of your car the day the boss asks for a ride home from the office.
Juneau County people talk about their favorite Juneau County people, places and things.
Tell us who are the wisest, oldest, funniest, most eccentric or otherwise unique individuals in your Juneau County that we should come to know.
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 Governments on the WWW: Great Britain and Northern Ireland
British Embassy in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai, Arab Emirates
British Embassy in Washington, United States of America
British Defence Staff in Washington, United States of America
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 4th/5th Battalion,The Royal Sussex Regiment [UK]
2nd Sussex Rifle Volunteer Corps at Cuckfield (raised 2 Dec. 1859), transferred 1863 from 3rd Admin Bn; transferred 1870 to 2nd Admin Bn
A Company at Brighton, from 4th/5th Bn The Royal Sussex Regt, and part of 257 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA
county affiliation revived at Brighton with Pln at Worthing, redesignation of B Coy 6th/7th Battalion (companies at Hastings and Horsham disbanded)
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 Cartography - Archive 2003 Calendar of Events
Shaping the West: The Power of Maps on the Trans-Mississippi Landscape presented by John Hébert, Chief, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
It is co-sponsored with the Geography and Map Division and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
She was much involved in the selection of the 30 maps and an atlas for this traveling exhibition and is the author of the cover story in the Fall 2003 issue of "The Portolan." Please bring a photo ID to facilitate security procedures.
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