Selsey Abbey
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Selsey Abbey was founded by St Wilfrid in AD 681 on land donated at Selsey by the local Anglo-Saxon ruler, King Æðelwealh of Sussex. According to the Venerable Bede the Kingdom of Sussex was the last
Capitular seal with picture of Selsey Cathedral?
Possible site of Wilfrids cathedral. All that remains of the old Church, the chancel known as St Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton.
Diocese of Chichester
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The Diocese of Chichester is a Church of England diocese based in Chichester, covering Sussex. It was founded in 681 as the ancient Diocese of Selsey, which was based at Selsey Abbey, until the see wa
Selsey Abbey
…the Kingdom of Sussex was the last area of mainland England to be evangelised. The abbey became the seat of the Sussex bishopric, until it was moved to Chichester, after 1075 when the Council of London decreed that sees should be centred in cities not in villages. The location of the abbey was probably at the…
Nave of Chichester Cathedral
The coat of arms of the Diocese of Chichester in stained glass at St Cosmas and St Damian Church, Keymer