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Apuldram or Appledram 〔Local pronunciation. Also see G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 5.〕 is a small parish on the north eastern upper reach of Chichester Harbour about two miles (3 km) south-west of the centre of Chichester in West Sussex, England.〔OS Explorer map 120: Chichester, South Harting and Selsey Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton B2 edition. Publishing Date:2009. ISBN 978 0319240793〕 Access to the harbour is at Dell Quay. The nearest railway station is 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast of the village, at Chichester. Most of the parish is farmland, roughly bounded to the north by the River Lavant, to the west by the harbour and to the south by Chichester Marina and the Chichester Canal. The parish is crossed by several public footpaths, offering views of the harbour, Cathedral and South Downs. There is now no village centre and of the original medieval village only the church, the Manor and Rymans now remain. The area of the parish is and at the 2011 census the population was 169, a reduction of 9% from the 2001 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Apuldram Parish )〕 ==The origin of the name== Old records show many different spellings〔Mawer and Stanton (CUP 1929) "The Place Names of Sussex" Part I, p65〕〔Ekwall, Eilert (OUP 1951) "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Place-Names"〕 - Apulderham, Apeldreham (1121), Appeltrieham (1198), Appuldram (1440) - but for several centuries the spelling used by the church and the parishioners has been Apuldram. Civic authorities use both 'Appledram' and 'Apuldram' in their records. W D Peckham is quoted〔 as writing 'the deep loam with a clay or brick-earth subsoil is admirable apple growing land to this day'. However, evidence of when or where in the parish apple farming took place has not come to light - records show grain and, later, wool as the main products of the area. Richard Ratcliffe's history of the parish〔Father Richard Ratcliffe (1986) "A History of Apuldram"〕 examines, but does not favour, a suggestion that the name is derived from polder a Dutch word meaning low lying land protected or reclaimed from the sea, although this would indeed be an apt description of a large part of the parish. Place names within the parish reflect the industries and activities that once flourished. ''Salterns Copse'', near the Marina, takes its name from the salt pans that were located nearby. Seventeenth century legislation killed off most of the salt industry in Sussex, but Apuldram survived until the middle of the nineteenth century, when free trade laws opened up the market to continental imports. ''Copperas Point'' records the production of copperas from iron pyrite. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apuldram」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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