Sussex Parish, New Brunswick

Ganong to have "probably" been in honour of the Duke of Sussex,[6] but the title was not created for him until 1801. The name may instead have come from Sussex County, New Jersey or Sussex, England.

Sussex was erected in 1786 as one of the original parishes of the county,[7] 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 Rivers.[8]

In the 1795 reorganisation of the county the western part of Sussex formed the bulk of Hampton Parish.[9] 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.[10]

In 1840 Studholm was erected as its own parish,[11] including Havelock.

In 1874 Cardwell and Waterford became parishes.[12]

In 1875 the boundary with Hammond Parish was altered.[13]

Sussex Parish is defined in the Territorial Division Act[2] as being bounded:

West and south by a line running south from the mouth of Halfway Brook to the Old Westmorland Road;[lower-alpha 1] thence easterly in a direct line to a point distant seventy chains on a course north by the magnet of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, from the northeastern angle of lot number one, granted to Samuel DeForest; thence by a line running in a direct course to the northeastern angle of lot fifty-five, granted to William Thompson, on the north side of Shepody Road, until it intersects the eastern side line of lot number thirty, granted to Henry Douglas, or its prolongation; east by the eastern side line of the said grant to Henry Douglas and its northerly prolongation until it strikes Trout Creek; thence up stream to the southwestern angle of lot number seven, granted to Simon Armstrong; thence north, following the western side line of last-mentioned grant and its northerly prolongation to the Kennebecasis River and north by the centre of the Kennebecasis River.

Parish population total does not include incorporated municipalities (in bold).

Highways and numbered routes that run through the parish, including external routes that start or finish at the parish limits:[17]

• List of parishes in New Brunswick