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The Manhood Peninsula is the southernmost part of Sussex in England. It has the English channel to its south and Chichester to the north. The peninsula is bordered to its west by Chichester Harbour and to its east by Pagham Harbour, its southern headland being Selsey Bill. Historically the Manhood Peninsula was known as the Hundred of Manhood. It was founded during the Anglo-Saxon period and had its own courts and local government until the system of ''hundreds'' was abolished by act of Parliament in the 19th century. ==Name== The name ''Manhood'' has had various spellings over the years including ''Manwed'' on the Armada map of 1587, ''Manhode'' on a map of 1663 and ''Manhope'' on Mordens map of 1695.〔Heron-Allen. Selsey. p.11.〕 The name is probably derived from the Old English ''maene-wudu'' meaning "men's wood" or "common wood", in other words common land.〔Brandon. South Saxons. pp.6-8〕 This woodland remained in common until 1793 when were enclosed by Acts of Parliament.〔 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「Manhood Peninsula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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