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Although the place name Selsey has existed since Saxon times, and is derived from the Old English meaning Seal's Island, there is no evidence to suggest that the place name Selsey Bill is particularly old. [1] [2] A 1698 survey of the area included in a report for the Royal Navy, by Dummer and Wiltshaw mentioned Selsey Island but not Selsey Bill.
The name has changed in its third consonant spoken, and its spellings over the years. Manwed is on the Armada map of 1587, Manhode on a map of 1663 and Manhope on Morden's map of 1695. [ 1 ] The name is probably derived from the Old English gemǣnewudu meaning "woodland held in common".
Selsey had an RNLI lifeboat station and shop on Kingsway, east of Selsey Bill. The station was established in 1861. The station was established in 1861. In 2014 Selsey had a Tyne-class lifeboat and a D Class Inshore Lifeboat which had its own boat house just off the beach.
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There are a total of about forty-five place names in Sussex of this form, but personal names either were not associated with these places or fell out of use. [21] The preservation of Ælle's sons in Old English place names is unusual. [b] The names of the founders, in other origin legends, seem to have British or Latin roots not Old English. It ...
Names mentioned (in scene sequence) are: Fisher, German Bight and Cromarty, Dogger and Heligoland (also known as German Bight). In an episode of the BBC sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles , Howard and Hilda leave their neighbour Paul's house party early, explaining that they must get back to listen to the Shipping Forecast.
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