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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 which is at the end of the Selsey (or Manhood) Peninsula and ''Selsey Bill'' is situated on the town's southern coastline. It is the easternmost point of Bracklesham Bay and the westernmost point of the Sussex Coast. ==Toponymy== Although the place name ''Selsey'' has existed since Saxon times, and is derived from the Old English meaning ''Seal's Island'', there is no evidence to suggest that the place name ''Selsey Bill'' is particularly old.〔Mee. ''History of Selsey''. p. 2〕〔Bede.EH.IV.13.〕 A 1698 survey of the area included in a report for the Royal Navy, by Dummer and Wiltshaw mentioned Selsey Island but not Selsey Bill.〔Dummer. ''South Coast Harbours'' 1698. Sheet 198. '' Wee passed by Chichester observing only that there are many small Currents of Fresh Water, and breaking into the low Lands by the Flux of the Sea between it and Portsmouth in and about the Islands of Selsea and Hailing, But all Passages into the same from the Seaward being Covered by the East Burroughs the dangerous Rocks called the Oares, and the Sands of the Horse; There is no Room among them for any improvement for the Navy nor did there appear to be any Place fitting to Build a Shipp of the 4th. Rate within any of the Havens of those mentioned Islands upon the enquiry which was made thereof about 4 Years since by your own Directions.''〕' The place name does not appear to have been used before the early 18th century when it started appearing on maps; for example Philip Overton's 1740 map of Sussex and Richard Budgen's map of 1724. It is possible that the idea was taken from Portland Bill, another headland, on the western side of the Solent.〔Mee. ''History of Selsey''. p. 2.〕〔(Trinity House. Description of Portland Bill. ) Retrieved 19 May 2014.〕 Thomas Pennant described the location of ''Selsey-bill'' in his book ''A Journey between London and the Isle of Wight'' published in 1801 (note ''bill'' in minuscule, reflecting the resemblance of the headland to the shape of a birds beak).〔〔Pennant. ''A Journey from London to the Isle of Wight''. p. 104. ''The isle more properly peninsula of Selsey projects far to the south and gives protection to the vessels from the westerly winds its extremity is named Selsey-bill before it are two or three sand banks some mixed with black and called the malt owers and the sea owers the last covered with two fathoms of water at the ebb.''〕 The place name Selsey-Bill has become synonymous with the town of Selsey, for example Edward Heron-Allen wrote about ''The Parish Church of St Peter on Selsey Bill Sussex'' even though the church is situated in Selsey High Street.〔Heron-Allen. ''Church at Selsey Bill''〕 Popular references to Selsey Bill include the song "Saturday's Kids" by The Jam (from the 1979 album ''Setting Sons''), along with "Bracklesham Bay": "Save up their money for a holiday/To Selsey Bill, or Bracklesham Bay and the Madness song "Driving in My Car": "I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill." The references are to Selsey Bill although most of the holiday facilities are the other side of Selsey.〔Mee. ''History of Selsey''. pp. 49–57. Selsey as a holiday resort.〕 There were Pontin's holiday camps at Selsey and Bracklesham Bay, although they are now both closed. The Pontin's at ''Broadreeds'', Selsey, has been redeveloped, and was the only site that was near to ''the Bill''.〔 However both the ''modern'' Admiralty Chart and also the Ordnance Survey map of the area confirm that Selsey Bill is a headland and mostly covered by sea at high tide and Selsey is part of the mainland.〔Admiralty Chart. (SC1652) Selsey Bill to Beachy Head/ Ordnance Survey Landranger Map Chichester & the South Downs Sheet 197〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Selsey Bill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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