Sele Priory
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Sele Priory
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 27 Sep 2008
The current house still uses the name of the former priory that once stood on the site next to the church of St Peter and St Paul. The original priory was built in 1096 by William de Braose owner of nearby Bramber Castle and was inhabited by Benedictine monks from the abbey of St Florent near Saumur who retained ownership until 1396. The Benedictines left in 1459 when ownership was passed to the newly founded Magdalen College, Oxford who then allowed the Carmelites to move in 1493 after their friary in Shoreham was inundated by the sea. They began rebuilding the priory after years of neglect but were dissolved in 1538 and the building was demolished with much of the Caen stone being reused throughout the parishes of Beeding and Bramber. A vicarage was built on the site and replaced by the current building in 1792 which remained in the home of the vicar until becoming a private house in 1960. Taken from the footpath that links the footbridge at River Adur with Beeding Manor Farm.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.887882
Longitude
-0.304861