SUSSEX: One County or 2?

[Jameson]

I thinkh I can remember LB muttering that the east/west thing is a modern construct and it is trad 1 county.

The other day I was told that there had always been a division as there was a saying...


"West Sussex for the King, East sussex for Parliament"

Can anyone shed any light on this?

So what was the answer to the King v's Parliament thing? Cavaliers v's roundheads?

By the way - there's more of a difference between west Kent (nice) and east Kent/medway (not nice)