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Bosham
Bosham () is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this. Its land forms a broad peninsula projecting into natural Chichester Harbour where Bosham has its own harbour and inlet on the western side. Geography The parish has an area of . In the 2011 census its 4,256 people lived in 1,833 households, of whom 2,063 were economically active. Governance An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes the civil parish of Chidham and Hambrook with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4,256. Neighbourhoods Broadbridge Broadbridge, sometimes known as New Bosham more developed round the A259 road and the Coastway railway line including Bosham railway station as with most stations in the county with direct services to London as well as the cities of Brighton and Portsmouth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosham Head
The Bosham Head is part of the largest Roman statue found in Britain, a large, sculpted piece of stone that was discovered in Bosham, near Chichester, around 1800. It later resided for some time in the garden of the Bishop of Chichester's palace before being exhibited in the Chichester Museum where it now stands. In 2013, 3D laser scans led Dr Miles Russell and Harry Manley of Bournemouth University to conclude that enough survived to suggest that the head was that of a lost sculpture of Emperor Trajan, perhaps erected by Hadrian Hadrian ( ; ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic peoples, Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, Aelia '' ... at the mouth of Chichester Harbour. References External links The Bosham Headat The Novium website {{coord, 50.8374, -0.7813, display=title Statues in England 2nd-century Roman sculptures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosham Railway Station
Bosham railway station serves the small village of Bosham in West Sussex, England. It is located on the West Coastway Line that runs between Brighton and Southampton Southampton is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253, ..., from Brighton. Services All services at Bosham are operated by Southern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to via * 1 tph to Additional services, including trains to and from via call at the station during the peak hours. On Sundays, eastbound services run to and from Brighton instead of London Victoria. References External links Railway stations in West Sussex DfT Category E stations Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichester Harbour
Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour in West Sussex and Hampshire. It is situated to the south-west of the city of Chichester and to the north of the Solent. The harbour and surrounding land has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The area is also part of the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation, Chichester and Langstone Harbours Ramsar site, Special Protection Area and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. Part of it is a Geological Conservation Review site and two areas are Local Nature Reserves. Five institutional landowners that own land or foreshore within Chichester Harbour SSSI include the Crown Estate, the Church Commissioners, the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Ministry of Defence (around Thorney island), the National Trust (East Head) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Pilsey Island). Chichester Harbour is a area that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosham Hoe
Bosham Hoe is a hamlet and private estate on the shore of Chichester Harbour in the English county of West Sussex. It is some two kilometres south of the village of Bosham Bosham () is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this. ... (where the population at the 2011 Census was included). In 2007 the estate had the second highest house prices in Sussex. References Villages in West Sussex Chichester District Bosham {{WestSussex-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chidham And Hambrook
Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1356. Chidham is the ecclesiastical parish, with a slightly different boundary from that of the civil parish. History Prehistory A recent excavation has shown that man made use of Chidham more than 4,000 years ago. The flint scrapers discovered on the site on the western shore of the peninsula, seem to suggest that spear shafts or kiddles (fish traps) and primitive salterns were being made here. Saxon, Norman and medieval The village's name, first recorded as ''Chedeham'' in 1193, is derived from the Old English words ''cēod(e)'', meaning "bay", and ''hām'', "homestead", or ''hamm'', "peninsula". The present flint and rubble church, St. Mary's, dates from the 13th century, and may have had a wooden predecessor. The peninsula is not mentioned in the D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Sussex
West Sussex is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Surrey to the north, East Sussex to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Hampshire to the west. The largest settlement is Crawley, and the county town is the city of Chichester. The county has a land area of and a population of . Along the south coast is a near-continuous urban area which includes the towns of Bognor Regis (63,855), Littlehampton (55,706), and Worthing (111,338); the latter two are part of the Brighton and Hove built-up area, which extends into East Sussex and has a total population of 474,485. The interior of the county is generally rural; the largest towns are Crawley (118,493) and Horsham (50,934), both located in the north-east; Chichester is in the south-west and has a population of 26,795. West Sussex contains seven local government Non-metropolitan district, districts, which are part of a two-tier non-metropolitan county administered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portus Magnus (other) , near Chichester, England
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A number of Roman ports were known as ''portus magnus'' ("grand port") : * Portus Magnus, Spain: modern Almería * Portus Magnus, Algeria: modern Bethioua * Portus Magnus, Egypt: modern Alexandria Port * Portus Magnus (Mauretania), in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis * Magnus Portus: modern Bosham Bosham () is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichester (UK Parliament Constituency)
Chichester is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency in West Sussex, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 by Jess Brown-Fuller, a Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrat. History Chichester centres on the small medieval cathedral city by the South Downs National Park. It is one of the oldest constituencies in the UK, having been created when commoners were first called to the Model Parliament in 1295 as one of the original Parliamentary boroughs returning two members. The seat has sent one member since 1868, after the Reform Act 1867. In its various forms, Chichester was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative safe seat, stronghold from 1868 to 2024 (except for a brief period of 10 months in 1923-24 when it was held by the Liberal Party's Charles Rudkin), but at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishbourne, West Sussex
Fishbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England and is situated two miles () west of Chichester. The Anglican parish of Fishbourne, formerly New Fishbourne, is in the Diocese of Chichester. The population in 1861 was 347. The parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Mary. The civil parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 1,953 people lived in 840 households, of whom 910 were economically active. There are two public houses and a railway station. History Toponymy The name Fishbourne derives from the Old English words (fish) and (stream), and means the stream where fish are caught. The name of the settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 as . Domesday Book Fishbourne is listed the Domesday Book of 1086 in the Hundred of Stockbridge as having 18 households, two mills, meadows and plough lands, with an annual value of 7 pounds. Governance Fishbourne civil parish was created in 1987 from parts of Appledr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chichester (district)
Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the city of Chichester, which is its largest settlement and where the council is based. The district includes the towns of Midhurst, Petworth and Selsey and surrounding rural areas, including many villages. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park, and Chichester Harbour is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2021 census the district had a population of 124,531. The district is on the coast, facing the English Channel. The neighbouring districts are Arun, Horsham, Waverley, East Hampshire and Havant. History Chichester itself had been an ancient borough, which additionally held city status from 1075 when the Diocese of Chichester moved its seat from Selsey to Chichester. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Trinity Church Graveyard Bosham 03
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers. The property is often ascribed to objects (a " sacred artifact" that is venerated and blessed), or places (" sacred ground"). French sociologist Émile Durkheim considered the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of religion: "religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to ''sacred things'', that is to say, things set apart and forbidden." Durkheim, Émile. 1915. ''The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life''. London: George Allen & Unwin. . In Durkheim's theory, the sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or using team work to help get out of trouble. The profane, on the other hand, involve mundane individual concerns. Etymology The word ''sacred'' des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages (historiography), Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century. They marked the start of the Middle Ages of History of Europe, European history, following the decline of the Roman Empire, decline of the Western Roman Empire, and preceding the High Middle Ages ( 11th to 14th centuries). The alternative term ''Late antiquity#Terminology, late antiquity'', for the early part of the period, emphasizes elements of continuity with the Roman Empire, while ''Early Middle Ages'' is used to emphasize developments characteristic of the earlier medieval period. The period saw a continuation of trends evident since late classical antiquity, including population decline, especially in urban centres, a decline of trade, Medieval Warm Period, a small rise in average temperatures in the North Atlantic region and Migration Period, increased m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
