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The Sloe Fair is a travelling funfair that is held annually on 20 October at Northgate carpark in Chichester, West Sussex.The fair was first held in 1107 [1] or 1108 [2] after King Henry I of the Kingdom of England granted Ralph de Luffa, Bishop of Chichester, the right to hold a fair [1] for a period of eight days from a date of de Luffa's choosing.
The River Lavant is a winterbourne that rises at East Dean and flows west to Singleton, then south past West Dean and Lavant to Chichester.From east of Chichester its natural course was south to the sea at Pagham, but the Romans diverted it to flow around the southern walls of Chichester and then west into Chichester Harbour.
West Itchenor is a village and civil parish, on the Manhood Peninsula, in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It lies north of the B2179 Chichester to West Wittering road 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Chichester. The village lies on the shores of Chichester Harbour. The parish covers an area of 413 hectares (1020 acres).
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).
A replacement lifeboat, along with its carriage, was sent to Chichester Harbour in 1873. The 32-foot lifeboat was slightly larger than the first lifeboat, and now rowed 10-oars, but was actually two years older, having previously served at Newquay since 1865. On arrival at Chichester Harbour, it again took the name Undaunted. [3] [9]
Located on an isolated sandy peninsula known as "Sandy Point" or "Black Point" (local opinion and maps vary) at the entrance to Chichester Harbour, England, the Hayling Island Sailing Club, was founded in 1921. The first clubhouse was originally a fisherman's cottage adjacent to Salterns Quay, and known as Quay Cottage.
Noviomagus Reginorum was Chichester's Roman heart, very little of which survives above ground. It lay in the land of the Atrebates and is in the early medieval-founded English county of West Sussex. On the English Channel, Chichester Harbour, today eclipsed by Portsmouth Harbour, lies 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 kilometres) south.
Fishbourne civil parish was created in 1987 from parts of Appledram, Bosham, Chichester and Funtington parishes. The parish falls under the Chichester District Council ward of Harbour Villages, the West Sussex County Council division of Chichester West, and the UK Parliament constituency of Chichester, whose MP since 2017 is Gillian Keegan of the Conservative Party.