Virtual Field Trips
Dell Quay to Fishbourne
3. Woodlands
Either side of the path, the Conservancy has planted a small area of woodland, which provides a safe place for wildlife with food and shelter. This woodland was planted in1989 with trees that naturally grow in this country as these normally provide the best food for the birds, mammals, insects and other wildlife.
Conservancy woodland
Conservancy Woodland
At one time oak trees would have grown right down to the shoreline all around the harbour. Oak trees provide food and shelter for many different kinds of wildlife
Find out more about the trees that have been planted and how they are good for wildlife
Corpse Lane
Corpse Lane
Just beyond the woodland there is a sunken lane known as Corpse Lane. It runs from Apuldram Church to the harbour's edge. It is said that this lane was used to take dead bodies down to rowing boats that carried them across the water to Bosham for burial as Apuldram did not have its own graveyard
To find out more about this story, click here.
Apuldram Church
Apuldram Church
There is a footpath beside Corpse Lane that leads to Apuldram Church. St Marys church was built in the 12th century and was part of the parish of Bosham. It became a parish church in 1447 when it was given its own burial ground in the churchyard, so they no longer needed to use Corpse Lane to take dead bodies to Bosham for burial.
Cathedral View
Cathedral View
Chichester cathedral can easily be seen from the footpath
Nearby there is a manor house built in the 17th century and a house called Rymans which was built in 1410 and had a moat round it. Rymans has beautiful gardens that are open 3 times a year.
To find out more about Apuldram, follow these links.
www.conservancy.co.uk/learn/Places/harbour places.htm
www.conservancy.co.uk/learn/Places/TL evidence.htm
www.british-history.ac.uk/place
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