More information : (SU 80420384) College (GT) (Site of)
(Name Centred SU 80440393) Saxon Monastery (GT) (Site of). (1)
Secular College, Bosham. founded 7th c. A free chapel at the Norman
Conquest, reconstituted temp Henry I as a college. Dissolved c.1553. (2)
(Area SU 80440383) Exact date of foundation not known, but
according to Bede it was of Saxon origin, and in existence
prior to 681. Domesday Survey states the establishment of
Benedictine canons founded here in early Saxon times.
The site of the college is on the south side of the churchyard
where some detached parts of the buildings still remain. (3)
The south wall of the lane south of Bosham churchyard is of
14th c masonry. It is about 60ft long, of flintwork with stone
dressings at both ends. A stone at the west end is inscribed
1743. The medieval vicarage, demolished in 1840, was situated
here. A view of the house in 1782 is in the Burrell collection.
At the south-west corner of Bosham Manor house garden, adjoining
the churchyard, are the remains of a small rectangular building
with stone rubble walls of the 12th/13th c. (4)
The old parsonage was situated at SU 80420384 (where the College
siting symbol is placed on the 25"). (5)
The architectural descriptions of Authority 4 are confirmed.
The ruin in the garden of Bosham Manor House is at SU 80420393. (6)
No change. (7)
To the west of Church Cottage is a wall of stone rubble and flints with the date 1743 inset in it. Inset in this (wall) is a medieval pointed stone doorway which was presumably originally part of Bosham College. Listed Grade II. (8)
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