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This photo shows a SW view of the Sussex Flag flying from the flagpole near Eastbourne Bandstand on Grand Parade.
The first known recording of the emblem being used to represent the county was in 1611 when cartographer John Speed used it to represent the Kingdom of the South Saxons (Sussex) in his atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine. The Sussex County Flag was registered on the 20th May 2011 by the Flag Institute as a ‘traditional’ County Flag. This was certified by the Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram as a result of the campaign by the father and son partnership of Brady and David Ells, with help from the Association of British Counties.
Since 2013 the Sussex flag has been flown annually in each of the six ancient Rapes (ancient land divisions), in the week leading up to Sussex Day, 16th June. Large county flags are hoisted over the Council House in Chichester, the Town Hall in Arundel, from St Peter’s Church in Upper Beeding representing Bramber, from Lewes Castle, from St Nicholas’ Church in Pevensey, and from Hastings Castle; each representing their respective historic division of Sussex.