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Winchelsea is a village in the non-metropolitan region of East Sussex, within the historic area of Sussex, England, situated between the High Weald as well as the Romney Marsh, around 2 miles (3.2 km) south west of Rye as well as 7 miles (11 kilometres) north eastern of Hastings. The community depends on the site of a medieval town, established in 1288, to replace an earlier community of the very same name, in some cases known as Old Winchelsea, which was shed to coastal erosion. The community belongs to the civil parish of Icklesham. It is asserted by some locals that the town remains in fact the tiniest town in Britain, as there is a mayor as well as corporation in Winchelsea, however that claim is contested by places such as Fordwich. The mayor of Winchelsea is selected every year from among the members of the corporation, who are referred to as freemen, instead of being elected by public vote. New freemen are themselves picked by existing participants of the corporation. Thus, in its existing type, the company is successfully a relic of Winchelsea’s days as a ‘rotten borough’ (when Winchelsea elected two MPs but the number of citizens was restricted to about a loads, in some cases less). The company shed its continuing to be civil and judicial powers in 1886 but was protected as a charity by an Act of Parliament to keep the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and firm in Winchelsea currently have a mostly ceremonial function, together with responsibility for the ongoing treatment as well as maintenance of the major detailed ancient monoliths in the community as well as the Winchelsea museum. Winchelsea comprises neither a city government area, civil parish nor charter trustees area.