A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHICHESTER HARBOUR, an inlet of the sea on the mutual border of Sussex and Hants. It enters 7 miles WNW of Selsey Bill; is narrow at the entrance; expands to the width of 3¼ miles; goes northward 4¼ miles; sends off a branch 4 miles north-eastward, to within 1½ mile of Chichester; has an indented outline; and encompasses Thorney island. It communicates, at the sides, with the Arundel and Portsmouth canal; affords anchorage in 4 fathoms water; and is navigable to the head of its north-eastern branch, but is obstructed by a bar at the mouth, and by the Pole sands outside.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an inlet of the sea" (ADL Feature Type: "channels") |
| Administrative units: | Hampshire AncC Sussex AncC |
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