Sussex Day
Posted by John Humphries on 26/1/10 • Categorised as 2006 11 web posts, News, No. 42 Nov 2006
SUSSEX DAY. A notification from the Association of British Counties says “After much consultation, Sussex Day has been fixed as the 16th June, feast day of St Richard, thirteenth century Bishop of Chichester and patron saint of Sussex. Moves are now afoot to create events which will mark the day as a special celebration for all South Saxons.” Did you know that, providing only that you use a postcode, it’s perfectly acceptable by Royal Mail to use ‘Sussex’ as the name of our county, rather than ‘East Sussex’? ‘East Sussex’ was created purely for administrative purposes and does not have to be used in correspondence. Further info, including a map of the UK showing all the historic counties is available: www.abcounties.co.uk
COMMENTS:
By Jo Hunter, Aug 2011
Dear Sir – should Sussex Day, the 16th June, be declared a public holiday – in Sussex anyway?
Mrs Jo Hunter, St Peter’s Road.
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