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St
Wilfrid's
Chapel,
also
known
as
St
Wilfrid's
Church
and
originally
as
St
Peter's
Church,
is
a
former
Anglican
church
at
Church
Norton,
a
rural
location
near
the
village
of
Selsey
in
West
Sussex,
England.
In
its
original,
larger
form,
the
church
served
as
Selsey's
parish
church
from
the
13th
century
until
the
mid
1860s;
when
half
of
it
was
dismantled,
moved
to
the
centre
of
the
village
and
rebuilt
along
with
modern
additions.
Only
the
chancel
of
the
old
church
survived
in
its
harbourside
location
of
"sequestered
leafiness",
resembling
a
cemetery
chapel
in
the
middle
of
its
graveyard.
It
was
rededicated
to
St
Wilfrid—7th-century
founder
of
a
now
vanished
cathedral
at
Selsey—and
served
as
a
chapel
of
ease
until
the
Diocese
of
Chichester
declared
it
redundant
in
1990.
Since
then
it
has
been
in
the
care
of
the
Churches
Conservation
Trust
charity.
The
tiny
chapel,
which
may
occupy
the
site
of
an
ancient
monastery
built
by
St
Wilfrid,
is
protected
as
a
Grade
I
Listed
building.
St
Wilfrid's
Chapel
was
listed
as
a
Grade
I
listed
building
on
5
June
1958.
The
parish
of
Selsey
is
in
the
far
southwestern
corner
of
Sussex
and
was
once
an
island:
the
English
Channel
lies
to
the
east
and
south,
and
Pagham
Harbour
forms
the
northern
boundary
and
originally
had
a
connection
to
the
sea
on
the
west
side
as
well.
Two
settlements
developed
in
the
parish:
the
main
village
(Selsey)
and
a
hamlet
called
Church
Norton
(or
Norton)
about
1
1⁄2
miles
(2.4
km)
to
the
northeast,
on
the
"wild
shoreline"
of
Pagham
Harbour.
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