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Selsey (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 50 44 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.7333 decimal degrees |
Long: 000 47 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Seaside resort extending along the coast and inland from Selsey Bill headland. |
Names: |
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Selsey (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Selaeseu (H,V)
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Seolesiae (H,V)
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............ | used in 8th cen., meaning "seal island" |
Siolesaei (H,V)
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Selsey (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was important early center |
town (C) |
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resort center (C) |
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episcopal see (H) |
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from 681, when established by Saint Wilfred, until transferred to Chichester after Norman Conquest |
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