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Bosham and Holy Trinity church

The village of Bosham is situated on the western side of a chunky peninsula delimited to the north by the A259 between Broadbridge and Fishbourne.
The Bosham Channel, an offshoot of the Chichester Channel borders the village to the west, while immediately to the south of the village a tidal creek pushes inland a little way.
The village contains many interesting buildings including shops, pubs and restaurants and is quite a bustling village popular with visitors.
The most interesting building is the ancient parish church dedicated to The Holy Trinity. It dates originally from the mid C10th, and remarkably considerable Saxon features remain, notably a large part of the chancel and all but the top section of the tower. Inside the church on the western wall of the nave is a Saxon arch and above it a V-topped Saxon doorway with a round-topped Saxon window above that. On the outside of the tower on its western face at the top is a fine double lancet Saxon window. This church is depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, with Harold seen riding to Bosham and then entering the church. A reproduction of the relevant panel of the tapestry is displayed on the northern wall of the nave.
It is thought that a tomb found in the C20th may belong to King Cnut's daughter who drowned off the coast of Bosham in the C11th.
The church is EH Grade I listed LinkExternal link
Bosham's fame goes back far further in history than the Saxons, Danes and Normans however. The Saxon period takes us back about 900 years, but a similar number years before that, during Roman times Bosham was known as Magnus Portus (= Grand Port) and remarkably was plotted in Ptolemy's groundbreaking "Geography" which was written in c. 150AD
by Rob Farrow

Created: Fri, 5 Jul 2013, Updated: Wed, 18 Nov 2015


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SU8003 : Bosham Stream flows past Mill House, Bosham by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham - houses on southern section of Shore Road by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham's Saxon church of The Holy Trinity by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham from Shore Road by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham across its creek - approaching high tide by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham from the south - approaching high tide by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Saxon window in tower, Bosham by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Holy Trinity, Bosham : Chancel arch by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Reproduction section of Bayeaux Tapestry, Bosham by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Holy Trinity Church Bosham by PAUL FARMER
SU8003 : Bosham - tidal road by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham - The Anchor Bleu by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Holy Trinity Church, Bosham by Paul Gillett
SU8003 : 2016: a year on Geograph (Day 34) by Basher Eyre
SU8003 : Holy Trinity, Bosham : Saxon V-topped doorway by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Mallard madness at Bosham Quay by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Black-headed gulls flying past Bosham mudflats by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bird life at Bosham Quay by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham - Coastal view to "Raptackle" by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Path to Holy Trinity, Bosham by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : A question of scale by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham tidal creek looking southwest by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham War Memorial by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham, Holy Trinity - Font by Rob Farrow
SU8003 : Bosham church across the water filled creek. by Rob Farrow

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