Fishbourne is a village in West Sussex, situated between Chichester and Bosham. It is the location of a major archaeological site known as Fishbourne Roman Palace. On the site have been found remains dating to around the time of the Roman Invasion of Britain in AD 43. One theory is that this was the site of one of the landings by the Romans designed to secure the 'friendly' tribe of the Atrebates, whose King Verica had fled to Roman. Subsequently, the wooden buildings were replaced by one of the greatest Roman palaces in the Roman world. The palace was damaged by fire at the end of the Third Century and never rebuilt. West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. ... Chichester Cross, in a circa 1831 illustration. ... Bosham Quay at sunset Bosham (pronounced Bozzum) is a small, coastal village in West Sussex, England, situated three miles west of Chichester on an inlet of Chichester Harbour. ... Mosaics at Fishbourne Roman Palace Fishbourne Roman Palace, in the village of Fishbourne in West Sussex, is one of the most important archaeological sites in the United Kingdom. ... The Atrebates (meaning settlers) were a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain before the Roman conquests. ... Verica (early 1st Century AD) was a British client king of the Roman Empire in the years preceding the Claudian invasion of 43AD. From his coinage, he appears to have been king of the Atrebates tribe and a descendant of Commius. ...
The village has a population of some 2000 with 3 pubs. The name derives from a stream which is fished. For more information see: http://www.fishbourne.org/
Fishbourne is a village near Chichester in West Sussex, the location of one of the most important archaeological sites in the United Kingdom.
The Roman villa excavated by Cunliffe's team was so large that it became known as FishbourneRoman Palace, and a museum was erected to protect and preserve some of the remains in situ.
In size, it is approximately equivalent to Nero's Golden House in Rome or to the Roman villa at Piazza Armerina[?] in Sicily.
New buildings appeared at Fishbourne and are presumed to have been owned by Cogidubnus, the wealthy governor of the region who was styled 'King of the British'.
Fishbourne emerges, in the survey of 1086 as 'Fiseborne', held by the French Abbey of Seez having previously been held by Tostig who was slain in battle against his brother King Harold.
FishbourneRoman Palace was discovered by accident during the digging of a water mains trench.
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