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BEXHILL

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 837 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEXHILL  , a municipal

borough and watering-place in the
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parliamentary division of Sussex, England, 62 m . S.E. by S. from
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London, on the London,
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Brighton & South Coast, and the South-Eastern & Chatham
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railways . Pop . (1891) 5206; (1901) 12,213 . The ancient
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village, with the Norman and Early
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English church of St Peter, lies inland on the slope of the low hills fringing the coast, but the watering-place on the
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shore has
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developed very rapidly since about 1884, owing to the exertions of
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Earl De la Warr, who owns most of the
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property . It has a marine parade, pier, golf links, and the usual appointments of a seaside resort, while the
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climate is bracing and the neighbouring country pleasant . Bexhill was incorporated in 1902, the corporation consisting of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors .
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Area, 8013 acres .

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