Manhood Peninsula
Coordinates: 50°44′46″N 0°47′28″W / 50.746°N 0.791°W
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.
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. The name is probably derived from the Old English maene-wudu meaning "men's wood" or "common wood", in other words common land. This woodland remained in common until 1793 when 693 acres (2.80 km2) were enclosed by Acts of Parliament.
The Manhood Peninsula was formerly known as the Hundred of Manhood, in the Rape of Chichester. The Rape was a county sub-division peculiar to Sussex. In AD681 St Wilfrid arrived in the land of the South Saxons and spent five years there evangelising them. The South Saxons had been conquered by Wessex and it was their king, Cædwalla, who confirmed a grant to Wilfrid of 87 hides of land in AD683, to build a monastery. This land was to become the Hundred of Manhood.
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