SUSSEXSussex (abbreviated Sx), from the Old English Sūþsēaxe is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton & Hove.
The city of Brighton & Hove was granted City Status in 2000. Until then Chichester had been Sussex's only city.
The name 'Sussex' derives from the Kingdom of Sussex founded by Ælle of Sussex in 477AD, which in 825 was absorbed into the kingdom of Wessex and the later kingdom of England. 
Sussex has been a key location for England's major invasions, including the Roman invasion of Britain and the Battle of Hastings.
