The Old Town Hall Shore Road Bosham
by Terri Waters
Title
The Old Town Hall Shore Road Bosham
Artist
Terri Waters
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
The name Bosham is either derived from the old English 'Bosanhamm' - Bosa's water meadow as it was known in 750AD, or 'Boscusham' meaning wood hamlet. Formerly in the province of the South Saxons and the Earldom of Wessex, it became Boseham in 1086, 20 years after the Norman conquest. The Venerable Bede tells us that before St. Wilfrid established Christianity in the Parish a Benedictine monk named Dicul built a monastery here c.680AD. The population in 1901 was 1,149, today it is around 2,700.
(St Bede - also known as the Venerable Bede - is widely regarded as the greatest of all the Anglo-Saxon scholars. He wrote around 40 books mainly dealing with theology and history.)
Bosham is a very popular place with leisure yachting and tourists. When the high tide is in and covering the mud flats it is a very pleasant place. It had been known for cars parked when the tide is out to be swamped by the incoming tide if left too long, in spite of the signs warning the owners to move them.
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January 2nd, 2014
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