Editing Mid Sussex District (section)

==History==
The name "Mid Sussex" was occasionally used for various parts of central [[Sussex]] prior to 1974, including as an alternative name for the [[Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)|Lewes constituency]] created under the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]], and as a joint water district established in 1907.<ref>{{Cite Hansard|house=House of Commons |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 11) BILL|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1907/may/14/local-government-provisional-orders-no#S4V0174P0_19070514_HOC_6 |date=14 May 1907 |column_start=765 |column_end=765}}</ref>

The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]] as one of seven districts within West Sussex. The new district covered the whole area of three former districts and most of a fourth, which were all abolished at the same time:<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sussex: Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/241244608 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=29 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[Burgess Hill]] [[Urban District (England and Wales)|Urban District]]
*[[Cuckfield]] Urban District (included Haywards Heath and [[Lindfield, West Sussex|Lindfield]])
*[[Cuckfield Rural District]] (except the parts of the parishes of [[Slaugham]] and [[Worth, West Sussex|Worth]] within the designated area for the [[New towns in the United Kingdom|new town]] of Crawley)
*[[East Grinstead]] Urban District
The new district was named Mid Sussex, reflecting its position within the historic county.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973|year=1973|number=551|access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref> All of the areas which made up Mid Sussex were in [[East Sussex]] prior to 1974; as part of the reforms that year they were transferred to [[West Sussex]]. The change of county was not without controversy; the government's rationale for the change was that it brought the projected major economic area centred on Crawley and [[Gatwick Airport]] under the supervision of one county council.<ref>{{Cite Hansard|house=House of Lords |title=LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1972/sep/11/local-government-bill#S5LV0335P0_19720911_HOL_406|date=11 September 1972 |column_start=157 |column_end=159}}</ref>