BEXHILL  , a municipal See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough and watering-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• RYE

Rye See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 62 m . S.E. by S. from See also:

• LONDON

London, on the London, See also:

• BRIGHTON

Brighton & See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast, and the South-Eastern & See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Pop . (1891) 5206; (1901) 12,213 . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• VILLAGE

village, with the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of St See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, lies inland on the slope of the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hills fringing the coast, but the watering-place on the See also:

• SHORE

shore has See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed very rapidly since about 1884, owing to the exertions of See also:

• EARL

Earl De la Warr, who owns most of the See also:

• PROPERTY

property . It has a marine See also:

• PARADE (Fr. parade, an adaptation from Ital. parada; cf. Span. parada, from Lat. parade, to prepare, equip, furnish)

parade, See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf links, and the usual appointments of a seaside resort, while the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is bracing and the neighbouring See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country pleasant . Bexhill was incorporated in 1902, the See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation consisting of a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 8013 acres .