BOSHAM VILLAGE
WEST SUSSEX

Bosham is one of the most important villages in Sussex.  The Venerable Bede tells us that before St. Wilfrid brought Christianity to Sussex, an Irish Benedictine monk by the name of Dicul built a small monastery in the area.  It was from Bosham Quay Meadow that Harold sailed for Normandy in 1064 and both Harold and Bosham church are shown on the Bayeux tapestry.  King Canute ordered the waves to retreat at Bosham.  Canute was said to have lived in Bosham, and it could be that his daughter is buried in the church here.