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    Selsey Bill is a headland into the English Channel on the south coast of England in the county of West Sussex. The southernmost town in Sussex is Selsey...
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    Broad Rife, to the east by Pagham Harbour and terminates in the south at Selsey Bill. There are significant rock formations beneath the sea off both of its...
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  • what is now a series of rocks and ledges, in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, on the south coast, known as the Owers. It has been suggested that Ower...
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  • century. The location for Cȳmenes ōra is traditionally identified with Selsey Bill, a tradition based on a place called Cumenshora in the boundary clause...
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    St Peter's Church is the parish church of Selsey, West Sussex, and dates from the 13th century. The church building was originally situated at the location...
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    Gibraltar Point Gibraltar Point – North Foreland North Foreland – Selsey Bill Selsey Bill – Lyme Regis Lyme Regis – Land's End including the Isles of Scilly...
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    east lies the Manhood Peninsula, with Selsey Bill at its southern tip. The 73 km (45 mi) bay east of Selsey Bill up to Beachy Head is sometimes known as...
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    Harbour and to its east by Pagham Harbour, its southern headland being Selsey Bill. It was, including some hinterland, known as the Hundred of Manwood and...
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  • were then hung in chains, one on the Portsmouth Road near Rake, two on Selsey Bill, one near Chichester at Rook's Hill and one at Horsmonden in Kent. With...
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    around Sussex, and two were driven against the Sussex coast (possibly at Selsey Bill). The shipwrecked crew were brought before Alfred at Winchester and hanged...
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    limestone outcrop in the English Channel about 1 mile (1,600 m) off Selsey Bill, West Sussex. It was formed during the Eocene period. At the east end...
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    parts of Britain (including Sunderland, Redcar, Boulby, Kilnsea and Selsey Bill), and Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in Malta. The Maltese sound mirror is known locally...
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  • Gibraltar Point Gibraltar Point – North Foreland North Foreland – Selsey Bill Selsey Bill – Lyme Regis Lyme Regis – Land's End including the Isles of Scilly...
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    operational time patrolling the Channel coast. On 4 January 1941 at 09:50 off Selsey Bill, he caught and shot down a Bf 110 at 7,000 feet (2,100 m). It took 15...
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    that is an important feeding ground for birds. RSPB Pulborough Brooks Selsey Bill South Downs Way – a long distance footpath Stansted Park St Leonard's...
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    The Sussex coast forms a wide, shallow bay between the headlands of Selsey Bill and Beachy Head; Brighton developed near the centre of this bay around...
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    of Wight and due south of a point about 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Selsey Bill, and then south-south-west for about 30 kilometres (19 mi), and then...
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    intended to be laid from S minus nine onwards. The ANTON minefield (off Selsey Bill) and the BRUNO minefield (off Beachy Head), each totalling over 3,000...
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    Withdrawal 37 December 1905 2037 Selsey Bill (from March 1926) 32037 July 1951 38 December 1905 2038 Portland Bill (from May 1925) 32038 July 1951 39...
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    Vegesack 1943 20 August 1943 Sunk by French destroyer La Combattante off Selsey Bill on 13 May 1944. S142 Lürssen, Vegesack 1943 3 September 1943 Sunk by...
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    concerned mainly with the area east of a line from Le Havre through Selsey Bill to the Midlands; Luftflotte 3, based in western France, would deal similarly...
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    It is likely that the Chichester to Sidlesham Roman Road extended to Selsey Bill. Iutarum natio There is no certain evidence for Eadric ruling with his...
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    times: it is believed much land has been lost from the coasts of Hayling and Selsey by erosion and subsequent flooding. As with the rest of the British Isles...
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    raising No. 196 Squadron RAF Stirling EF311 which ditched offshore from Selsey Bill on 26 August 1943.[page needed] After assessing the wreck, which lay...
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  • 21:15 Spitfire southwest of Selsey Bill 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Brighton 18? 19 June 1942 20:58 Spitfire Selsey Bill – 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader...
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    fourth sortie he was scrambled at 16:55 to intercept enemy aircraft off Selsey Bill. The squadron engaged Bf 109s from III./Jagdgeschwader 27. During the...
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    cities until May 1941. The zone of operations extended on a line from Selsey Bill, to Oxford, Birmingham–Manchester and Carlisle. Everything west of that...
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    beatification of Saint Olaf. On his return to England he became Bishop of Selsey and also for a time Bishop of Elmham. He was accused, by some, of being...
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    Priory Woods owned by the National Trust. The bay faces east towards Selsey Bill and has a 950-yard (870 m) shoreline and can be accessed by walking round...
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    council is based. The district includes the towns of Midhurst, Petworth and Selsey and surrounding rural areas, including many villages. The district includes...
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