Place:Lewes District, East Sussex, England

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NameLewes District
TypeDistrict municipality
Located inEast Sussex, England     (1974 - )
See alsoLewes, Sussex, Englandmunicipal borough which merged to form the district
Newhaven, Sussex, Englandurban district which merged to form the district
Seaford, Sussex, Englandurban district which merged to form the district
Chailey Rural, Sussex, Englandrural district which merged to form the district
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The Lewes District is a local government district in East Sussex in southern England covering an area of 113 sq mi (290 km2), with 9 miles (14.5 km) of coastline on the English Channel. It is named after its administrative centre, Lewes. Other towns in the district include Newhaven, Peacehaven, Seaford and Telscombe. There are 28 parishes in the district.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the former Municipal Borough of Lewes along with Newhaven and Seaford Urban Districts and Chailey Rural District.


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List of Parishes

Parish Population (2011) Area in hectares Pop'n Density /hectare/2011 Former Local Administration
Barcombe 1,473 1780 0.80 Chailey Rural District
Chailey 3,088 2491 1.20 Chailey Rural District
Ditchling 2,081 1550 1.30 Chailey Rural District
East Chiltington & Lewes St. John Without 474 1359 0.30 Chailey Rural District
Falmer & Lewes St. Ann Without 284 1701 0.20 Chailey Rural District
Firle 293 1386 0.20 Chailey Rural District
Glynde & Beddingham & Tarring Neville 491 2543 0.19 Chailey Rural District
Hamsey 632 1144 0.60 Chailey Rural District
Iford 209 970 0.20 Chailey Rural District
Kingston near Lewes 831 570 1.50 Chailey Rural District
Lewes 17,297 1141 15.20 Lewes Municipal Borough
Newhaven 12,232 718 17.00 Newhaven Urban District
Newick 2,457 780 3.20 Chailey Rural District
Peacehaven 14,067 519 27.10 Chailey Rural District
Piddinghoe 255 380 0.70 Chailey Rural District
Plumpton 1,644 966 1.70 Chailey Rural District
Ringmer 4,648 2590 1.80 Chailey Rural District
Rodmell & Southease 527 1126 0.50 Chailey Rural District
Seaford 23,571 1727 13.70 Seaford Urban District
South Heighton 990 849 1.20 Chailey Rural District
Streat 158 518 0.30 Chailey Rural District
Telscombe 7,477 473 15.80 Chailey Rural District
Westmeston 343 848 0.40 Chailey Rural District
Wivelsfield 1,980 1079 1.80 Chailey Rural District
Lewes District, Totals 97,502 29207 3.34

Note: Lewes St. John Without, Lewes St. Ann Without, Tarring Neville and Southease are separate Parish Meetings but have been merged with their neighbouring parishes for the population statistics.

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