Explore Selsey through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Selsey in a sentence
Selsey meaning
A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).
Using Selsey
- The main meaning on this page is: A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SZ8593).
- In the example corpus, selsey often appears in combinations such as: in selsey, selsey abbey, near selsey.
Context around Selsey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Selsey
- In this selection, "selsey" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, near, restore, committed, abbey, pavilion and defence stand out and add context to how "selsey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a committed selsey defence before and built his selsey abbey. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "selsey" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with selsey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cædwalla confirmed Æthelwealh's grant of land and Wilfrid built his Selsey Abbey. (13 words)
Engraving showing Cædwalla confirming the granting of land to Wilfrid to build his monastery in Selsey. (16 words)
He persuaded his friends to let him go on the torpedo boat S-141 for a raid on Selsey on his 24th birthday. (23 words)
Higham The English Conquest. p. 79. Wilfrid's biographer records that in the year 666 Wilfrid's ship ran aground on the Sussex coast near Selsey where it was attacked and a pagan priest sought to cast magic spells from a high mound. (43 words)
Roman Canton Museum model of how Fishbourne Roman Palace may have appeared At the time of the Roman conquest in AD43, there was an oppidum in the southern part of their territory, probably in the Selsey region. (37 words)
In 681, Bede records that an outbreak of the plague had devastated parts of England, including Sussex and the monks at Selsey Abbey fasted and prayed for three days for an end to the outbreak. (35 words)
Example sentences (11)
The good news continues to roll in for the team aiming to restore Selsey Pavilion to former glories and refurbish it as a multi-purpose arts and heritage centre.
Pengelly was denied by a series of blocks from a committed Selsey defence, before Stacey converted a neat short corner routine for the fifth.
His wife Lenka Thomson, who has three children with Steven, has already quit her job at a convenience store near their home in Selsey, West Sussex.
Cædwalla confirmed Æthelwealh's grant of land and Wilfrid built his Selsey Abbey.
Engraving showing Cædwalla confirming the granting of land to Wilfrid to build his monastery in Selsey.
He persuaded his friends to let him go on the torpedo boat S-141 for a raid on Selsey on his 24th birthday.
Higham The English Conquest. p. 79. Wilfrid's biographer records that in the year 666 Wilfrid's ship ran aground on the Sussex coast near Selsey where it was attacked and a pagan priest sought to cast magic spells from a high mound.
In 681, Bede records that an outbreak of the plague had devastated parts of England, including Sussex and the monks at Selsey Abbey fasted and prayed for three days for an end to the outbreak.
In the first quarter of the 8th century the Kingdom of Sussex was among the kingdoms producing coinage, possibly from a mint near Selsey where the finds of coins termed Series G sceattas are concentrated.
Roman Canton Museum model of how Fishbourne Roman Palace may have appeared At the time of the Roman conquest in AD43, there was an oppidum in the southern part of their territory, probably in the Selsey region.
The coastline in this area has substantially changed since Roman times: it is believed much land has been lost from the coasts of Hayling and Selsey by erosion and subsequent flooding.
Common combinations with selsey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in selsey 2×
- selsey abbey 2×
- near selsey 2×
- selsey where 2×