Image West Sussex outline map with UK.png thumb right 250px Cymenshore also Cymensora , Cumeneshore, Cumenshore, Cimeneres horan, Cymeneres horan . ref name kelly110 S. E. Kelly, Charters of the Selsey, Anglo Saxon Charters Volume VI. p. 12 and p. 118 Kelly believes that The Owers is where Cymenshore was. Also she gives the alternate spellings as Cumeneshore, Cumenshore, Cimeneres horan, Cymeneres horan ref is the place in Southern England where according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , lle of Sussex landed in 477 AD and battled the Britons historical Welsh with his three sons Cymen, Wlencing and cissa of sussex Cissa. ref name asc477 Historical context Image Swilfrid1.jpg thumb right 250px Later engraving of a picture commissioned in 1519 showing C dwalla confirming a grant of land, at Selsey, to Wilfrid. The position of the presentation is probably where the Mixon is today based on the location of the church in the top left of picture at Church Norton . ref Richardson.The Owers . pp. 66 73. Discussion on the location of the Old City ref The account of lle and his three sons landing at Cymenshore, in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , marks the legendary beginning of Kingdom of Sussex Saxon ... manuscripts, commissioned in the 9th century, some 400 years or more after the events at Cymenshore ... 250px Section of 1695 map of Sussex showing location of Cymenshore spelt Cimenshore on map File Jetty ... popular candidate for Cymenshore. The tradition is based largely on two charters that refer to a place ..., with locations for Cymenshore and Rumbruge. ref ref Kelly. p. 76. Discussing the Aethelstan charter ... thumb center 500px The Owers showing possible location for Cymenshore Outer and Middle Owers ... for Cymenshore, they suggest that the name Keynor is derived from Cymensora. ref name heronselsey88 ... Cuckmere Welch believes that the location for Cymenshore is more likely to be in the Ouse Cuckmere ... sites in England Category Anglo Saxon England sh Cymenshore ... more details
Information Description Map of the Owers off Selsey Bill showing locations for Cymenshore, Rumbruge, Wytherings and Hormouth based on work by Hume Wallace and Richardson. Location of Owers based on Admiralty Chart 2045. Source I Michael Jones created this work entirely by myself. URL http www.stpeters selsey.org.uk Date 26 Aug 2009 Author Michael Jones other versions Licensing self cc by 3.0 Category West Sussex Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Image Connaught 201897.jpg thumb 300px right RMS Connaught RMS Connaught was a steamship built in 1897 and operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company for Royal Mail as well as passenger service. Connaught was the second ship of this name operated by the line. She was torpedoed and sunk by Imperial Germany German submarine SMU U 48 2 on 3 March 1917. History In 1859, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company ordered four steamers for Royal Mail service, named for four provinces of Ireland, RMS Connaught , RMS Leinster 2 , RMS Munster 2 and RMS Ulster 2 these four were commonly referred to as The Provinces . In 1897, the line was awarded an additional 21 years for their contract with the Post Office, and so they ordered four replacement ships from Cammell Laird of Birkenhead , which were to carry the same names as the former ships. As one of these, Connaught was a twin screw vessel powered by an eight cylinder steam engine, capable of convert 24 kn mph km h lk in abbr on . She grossed at convert 2646 LT t lk on abbr on and had a length of convert 377 ft m abbr on . With the World War I First World War in progress, Connaught was commandeered in 1915 by the British War Office and pressed into service as a troop carrier. Having transported troops the previous evening, on 3 March 1917, Connaught was returning to Southampton from Le Havre . At about 13 45, submarine U 48 fired a torpedo which exploded aft on the starboard side. The ship s wirless was disabled, so an S.O.S. could not be sent. 15 minutes later, a second torpedo struck amidships on the port side. Three crewmen having been killed, the rest of the crew took to the lifeboats. Connaught sank within four minutes of the second torpedo striking. The sinking occurred in the English Channel about convert 29 mi km abbr on south of the Cymenshore The Owers Light Vessel Owers . Those lost in the sinking were Able Seaman Henry Charles Jasper 39 , born Saint Helier St Helier , Jersey , Channel Islands Able Seaman Jo ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year dab 477 Year nav 477 M1 year in topic File East Hem 477ad.jpg thumb The eastern hemisphere in 477 NOTOC Year 477 Roman numerals CDLXXVII was a common year starting on Saturday link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar . At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Basiliscus and Armatus or, less frequently, year 1230 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 477 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Europe Huneric becomes monarch king of Vandals . According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , Aelle of Sussex Aelle , king of Kingdom of Sussex the South Saxons , arrives in England , with his three sons, near Cymenshore . Asia Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the China Chinese Liu Song Dynasty . Shaolin Temple founded according to the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks AD 645 by D oxu n , the Shaolin Monastery was built on the north side of Shaoshi, the western peak of Mount Song , one of the four Sacred Mountains of China , by Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei China Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty in AD 477. Yang Xuanzhi , in the Record of the Buddhist Monasteries of Luoyang AD 547 , and Li Xian, in the Ming Yitongzh i AD 1461 , concur with Daoxuan s location and attribution. For alternate founding date, see AD 497 . This year is the earliest date for the oldest known painted depiction of a horse collar , on a cave mural of Dunhuang , China, Northern Wei Dynasty . onlyinclude Births Deaths January 25 &ndash Gaiseric , King of the Vandals King Munju of Baekje , king of the Baekje Three Kingdoms of Korea Kingdom of Korea Pope Timothy II of Alexandria Timothy , Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria Armatus , Byzantine magister militum praesentialis killed by Emperor Zeno emperor Zeno Emperor Houfei of Liu Song Liu Bing Yuan Can References Re ... more details
, which states that in the year AD 477 lle of Sussex lle arrived at a place called Cymenshore .... ref Cymenshore is traditionally thought to have been located at what is now known as the Owers Rocks ... Press, 1998. Kelly believes that The Owers is where Cymenshore is, she gives the alternate spellings ... more details
, Cymenshore, which means Cymen s Port. On their landing, then Britains assembled in great numbers and attacked ... with his brother Cimen and no small power of the Saxons, at this shore arrived and landed at Cymenshore ... more details
Infobox military conflict conflict Battle of Mercredesburne partof the Anglo Saxon conquest of Britain date 485 place Unknown, various locations possible casus Saxons seeking to continue westward expansion territory result Uncertain neither side won combatant1 center Image Flag of Wales 2.svg 70px br Britons historical South Britons combatant2 center Image Sussex old arms.JPG 40px br Kingdom of Sussex South Saxons commander1 ? Aurelius Ambrosius ? commander2 lle of Sussex lle strength1 Unknown strength2 Unknown casualties1 Unknown casualties2 Unknown The Battle of Mercredesburne was a battle between the Saxon leader lle of Sussex lle s army and the Britons historical Britons , in the year 485 . ref ASC 485 Parker MS This year lle fought with the Welsh nigh Mecred s Burnsted. ref Background The legendary foundation of the Kingdom of Sussex Kingdom of the South Saxons is provided by the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , that states that in the year AD 477 lle of Sussex lle arrived at a place called Cymenshore . ref ASC Parker MS. 477AD. ref ref name welchase9 Welch.Anglo Saxon England p.9. When lle and his three sons land from three ships on a beach named after one of the sons, we are reading legend rather than history. ref ref name jones71 Jones. The End of Roman Britain. p.71. ..the repetitious entries for invading ships in the Chronicle three ships of Hengest and Horsa three ships of lle five ships of Cerdic and Cynric two ships of Port three ships of Stuf and Wihtgar , drawn from preliterate traditions including bogus eponyms and duplications, might be considered a poetic convention. ref The chronicle describes how on landing lle slew the local defenders and drove the remainder into the Forest of Andred and then goes on to describe lle s battle with the British in 485 near the bank of Mercredesburne , and his siege of Pevensey in 491 after which the inhabitants were massacred. ref name asc485 ASC Parker MS. 485AD. ref ref name asc491 ASC Parker MS. 491AD. ref Wel ... more details
Infobox Historic Site name Red Lion Inn image Red Lion Inn, Old Shoreham IoE Code 297305 .jpg caption The inn viewed from the northwest locmapin United Kingdom West Sussex latitude 50.8401 longitude 0.2858 coord parameters region GB type landmark coord display inline,title coord format dec location Old Shoreham Road, Old Shoreham, Shoreham by Sea , West Sussex BN43 5TE, United Kingdom built 18th century or earlier architecture Vernacular architecture Vernacular designation1 Grade II designation1 offname Red Lion Public House designation1 date 29 September 1972 designation1 number 297305 The Red Lion Inn is an 18th century public house in the ancient Old Shoreham part of the town of Shoreham by Sea , in the Adur district Adur Districts of England district of West Sussex , England. Established in the 18th century in part of a former monastery and cottage in the centre of Old Shoreham, opposite the village s Shoreham Tollbridge former tollbridge , it was extended in the 19th century and became central to life in the old village. Alfred, Lord Tennyson s poem Rizpah is based on events at the inn in the 19th century which resulted in the capture and execution of some robbers. English Heritage has Listed building listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance. History Old Shoreham developed on the east bank of the River Adur , just north of the estuary on the English Channel in the Anglo Saxons Saxon period longstanding claims that it was the site Cymenshore of the first Kingdom of Sussex King of the South Saxons lle of Sussex lle s arrival in 477 have been disproved. ref name VCH18237 cite web url https www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 18237 title A History of the County of Sussex Volume 6 Part 1 Bramber Rape Southern Part . Old and New Shoreham last Hudson first T. P. ed year 1980 work Victoria County History Victoria County History of Sussex publisher British History Online pages 138 149 accessdate 10 March 2010 ref Th ... more details
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Infobox church name St Nicolas Church image St Nicolas Church, Old Shoreham, West Sussex.jpg landscape yes caption The church from the southeast, with Lancing College in the background location St Nicolas Lane, Old Shoreham, Shoreham by Sea , West Sussex BN43 5NH country United Kingdom coordinates Coord 50.8408 0.2856 region GB type landmark display inline,title denomination Church of England founded date circa 900 founder dedication Saint Nicholas Nicolas of Myra dedicated date circa 1080 status Parish church functional status Active heritage designation Listed building Grade I designated date 8 May 1950 style Norman architecture Norman parish Old Shoreham St Nicolas deanery Rural Deanery of Hove archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Chichester Chichester diocese Diocese of Chichester Chichester province Province of Canterbury Canterbury vicar Rev. Victor Standing St Nicolas Church is an Anglican church in Old Shoreham, an ancient inland settlement that is now part of the town of Shoreham by Sea in the Districts of England district of Adur district Adur , one of seven local government districts in the England English county of West Sussex . It was founded on a riverside site by Anglo Saxons at the start of the 10th century, possibly on the site of a 5th century predecessor. Some Saxon era structural elements remain despite 12th century additions made when Shoreham became prosperous, further extension in the 14th century and a Victorian restoration . The cruciform structure, with its solid central tower, features some unusual Norman architecture Norman era carving. English Heritage has Listed building listed it at Grade I for its architectural and historical importance. History According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , lle of Sussex lle , an Anglo Saxon bretwalda overlord , came ashore at a place called Cymenshore Cymenes ora on the English Channel coast in 477. He defeated the Britons historical native inhabitants and became the first king of the Kingdom of Sussex South Sa ... more details
featured article Infobox monarch name lle image Aelle name in 477 annal.png caption lle s name is visible in this line from the Parker manuscript of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , written c. 890 title King of Sussex rank 7th reign c.477 c.514 ref name greenway97 Henry of Huntingdon. Historia Anglorum. ed. Greenway. p.97. Footnote sup 57 sup .Greenway suggests that No genealogy of the South Saxon royal house survives and none seem to have been available to Henry. The death of Aella and the succession of Cissa are probably deduced from ASC 477 and 491.. ref successor unknown issue Cissa of Sussex Cissa , Cymen, Wlencing lle IPAc en icon l also Aelle or Ella is recorded in early sources as the first monarchy king of the Kingdom of Sussex South Saxons , reigning in what is now called Sussex , England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514. ref name greenway97 According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , lle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymenshore Cymensora and fought against the local Brython Britons . ref Heron Allen. Selsey Bill. Historic and Prehistoric. Duckworth. Ch.VII pp 88 90 Heron Allen discusses the confusion by historians about the location of Cymens ora and argues the case for it being Keynor ref The chronicle goes on to report a victory in 491, at present day Pevensey , where the battle ended with the Saxons slaughtering their opponents to the last man. lle was the first king recorded by the 8th century chronicler Bede to have held imperium , or overlordship, over other Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon kingdoms. ref name Bede 111 Bede, Ecclesiastical History , II 5. ref In the late 9th century Anglo Saxon Chronicle around four hundred years after his time lle is recorded as being the first bretwalda , or Britain ruler , though there is no evidence that this was a contemporary title. lle s death is not recorded and although he may have been the founder of a South Saxon dynasty, there is no firm evidence linking him with later So ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2011 This is a list of the millennia of wars and battles between the Anglo Saxons who later formed into the Kingdom of England and the Britons the pre existing Britons historical Brythonic population of Britain south of the Antonine Wall who came to be known later by the English as Welsh . The list begins after the Adventus Saxonum in c.446AD when the Anglo Saxons are said to have first arrived in Britain to the late Middle Ages when Wales was eventually subdued and annexed by England. The list is not exhaustive but seeks to note the significant campaigns and the major battles. Fifth Century AD Germanic Paganism Pagan Germanic tribes who have colonized parts of the eastern and southern coasts of Britannia attack the Britons which the Anglo Saxons dub Wealsc in a series of coordinated uprisings. Additional reinforcements from Old Saxony , Angeln , Flanders and Jutland make landings and through conquest and treaty occupy large areas of eastern and south eastern Britain. File Public Schools Historical Atlas Roman Britain 400.jpg frameless right 241px c.452 The Germanic people settled on the eastern Saxon Shore of Britain rise in a revolt led by Hengest and his sons against their Romano British masters. c.455 Battle of Aylesbury Anglo Saxon s particularly a group called Jutes led by Hengest defeat the Britons Welsh led by Vortimer in Battle at Aylesbury, Kent. c.456 Battle of Crayford Anglo Saxons Jute s led again by Hengest defeat the Britons Welsh led by Vortimer in battle. The Britons are driven from Kingdom of Kent Kent which is afterwards ruled by Hengist and his son Oisc of Kent sc and their descendants. c.465 Battle of Wippedsfleot Britons Welsh defeat the Anglo Saxons Jutes in battle in Kent and confine them to the island of Thanet . c.473 The Anglo Saxons Jutes move westwards and drive the Britons once again out of Kent. c.477 Battle of Cymenshore Cymensora Anglo Saxons Saxon s led by lle of Sussex lle defeat the Britons Welsh close ... more details
Hatnote This refers to the History of Sussex . For the historic county see Sussex or its modern replacement the counties of East Sussex and West Sussex . Infobox historic subdivision Name Sussex Image Image Sussex Flag.PNG 200px native name S dsachsen HQ Chichester or Lewes Government Origin Kingdom of Sussex Status Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial county until 1974 Start Historic counties of England In antiquity End Code SSX CodeName Chapman code Replace East Sussex and West Sussex Motto We wunt be druv Image Map Image SussexBrit5.PNG 250px alt Ancient extent of Sussex Ancient extent of Sussex br Ancient extent of Sussex Arms Civic PopulationFirst 272,340 ref name pop National Statistics http www.statistics.gov.uk census2001 bicentenary pdfs sussex.pdf 200 Years of the Census in Sussex ref PopulationFirstYear 1831 AreaFirst convert 907920 acre km2 0 ref name pop AreaFirstYear 1831 DensityFirst convert 0.3 acre km2 DensityFirstYear 1831 PopulationLast 602,255 ref name pop PopulationLastYear 1901 AreaLast convert 932409 acre km2 0 ref name pop AreaLastYear 1901 DensityLast convert 0.6 acre km2 DensityLastYear 1901 Sussex IPAc en icon s s k s , from the Old English S s axe South Saxons , was a county in the South East England south east of England . The foundation of the Kingdom of Sussex is recorded by the Anglo Saxon Chronicle for the year AD 477, saying that lle of Sussex lle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons and killed or put to flight the local inhabitants. The foundation story is regarded as somewhat of a myth by most historians, although the archaeology suggests that Saxons did start to settle in the area in the late 5th century. ref name asc477 ASC Parker MS. 477AD. ref ref name welchase9 Welch.Anglo Saxon England p. 9. ref The Kingdom of Sussex became the county of Sussex then after the coming of Christianity the see originally founded in Selsey, was moved to Chichester in the 11th century. The See of Ch ... more details
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