civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
New Brunswick
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,
Canada
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.
For governance purposes it is divided between the town of
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...
local service district A local service district is a type of designated place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a local service district is a defined area led by an elected committee responsible for the deliv ...
of the parish of Sussex (which further includes the special service area of Apohaqui), all of which are members of Regional Service Commission 8 (RSC8).
Origin of name
Historian
William Francis Ganong
William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., (19 February 1864 - 7 September 1941) was a Canadian biologist botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Mass ...
noted that
Sussex, New Jersey
Sussex is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,024, an increase of 94 from the 2010 census count of 2,130, Continued on Page 50, which has a similar URL. The fact that the names of the four original parishes and two 1795 parishes of Kings County are all found in New Jersey is also mentioned.
The
Duke of Sussex
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origin noted elsewhere is problematic, as he didn't hold that title until 1801.
Notable is that the names of Kings County's pre-1800 parishes all occur in both
New Jersey
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and
North Carolina
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.
History
Sussex was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county, stretching from Kennebecasis Bay to the eastern line of the county, which then was north of St. Martins.
In 1787 a large area was added to Sussex when the county's eastern boundary was moved significantly eastward to run due north and south from the portage between the Petitcodiac and
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
s.
In the 1795 reorganisation of the county the western part of Sussex formed the bulk of Hampton Parish. By this time Sussex included Cardwell, Havelock, Studholm, and Waterford Parishes.
In 1837 the eastern boundary of the county was altered, adding area to the southeastern corner of Sussex and removing it from the northeastern corner.
In 1840 Studholm was erected as its own parish, including Havelock.
In 1874 Cardwell and Waterford became parishes.
In 1875 the boundary with Hammond Parish was altered.
Boundaries
Sussex Parish is bounded: Remainder of parish on maps 141, 150, and 151 at same site. Remainder of parish on mapbooks 415, 432–434, and 447–449 at same site.
* on the north by the
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
;
* on the east by a line beginning at the Kennebecasis River, about one kilometre east of Plumweseep Road and about 900 metres north-northwesterly of Route 114, then running south-southeasterly along the prolongation of the eastern line of a large grant to Elias Snyder on the north side of Trout Creek, the line being about 75 metres east of the end of Taverner Road, to Trout Creek, then downstream about 500 metres to the eastern line of a grant to Cornelius Parlee, then south-southeasterly to the southern line of the parish about one kilometre east of the Londonderry Road;
* on the south by a line running westerly from a point in Waterford Parish about 450 metres south of the southern tip of Walton Lake and about 150 metres west of the Creek Road to a point about 825 metres north of Cassidy Lake near its western end, then westerly to a point about 75 metres south of Byrnes Brook and 300 metres east-northeasterly of the Byrne Road;
* on the west by a line running north from the southern line of the parish to a point on the Kennebecasis River opposite the mouth of Halfway Brook.
Communities
Communities at least partly within the parish. bold indicates an incorporated municipality
* Apohaqui
* Campbell Settlement
* Drurys Cove
* Erb Settlement
* Jeffries Corner
* Lisson Settlement
* Lower Cove
* Markhamville
* McCain Settlement
* New Line Road
* Poodiac
* Ratter Corner
* Riverbank
* Rockville
* Southfield
* Sussex
* Sussex Corner
** Dutch Valley
* Upper Wards Creek
* Vinegar Hill
* Wards Creek
Bodies of water
Bodies of waterNot including brooks, ponds or coves. at least partly within the parish.
* Hammond River
*
Kennebecasis River
The Kennebecasis River ( ) is a tributary of the Saint John River in southern New Brunswick, Canada. The name Kennebecasis is thought to be derived from the Mi'kmaq "''Kenepekachiachk''", meaning "little long bay place." It runs for approximately ...
* Trout Creek
* Wards Creek
* DeCourcey Lake
Other notable places
Parks, historic sites, and other noteworthy places at least partly within the parish.
* Sussex Aerodrome
Demographics
Parish population total does not include the municipalities of
Sussex
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Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:Atlantic Canada Back Road Atlas
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See also
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List of parishes in New Brunswick
The Canadian province of New Brunswick is divided by the ''Territorial Division Act'' into 152 parishes, units which had political significance as subdivisions of counties until the Municipalities Act of 1966. Parishes still exist in law and inclu ...