2008/09
Buried beneath the town lies a Roman villa, but the
story really begins with the creation of a Saxon
borough about 1,000 years ago. The importance of the
borough was enhanced by the building of the castle in
the C11th by Roger de Montgomery at the time of the
Norman Conquest. Subsequently the town developed
into a marketplace and an inland port until it declined
at the end of the C19th. With its Georgian buildings
and cobbled streets, Arundel is the perfect place to
live, visit, or just wander around.
The
Cathedral
Alittle further
along the hilltop
is the Roman Catholic
Cathedral of Our Lady
and St Philip Howard.
It looks old because
of the C15th style, but
was actually built between 1869 and 1873 by the 15th
Duke of Norfolk to plans drawn up by J.A. Hansom, the
designer of the Hansom cab. Originally the Parish
Church of St Philip Neri, it became the cathedral of the
diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1970. One notable
annual event is the Carpet of Flowers displayed in the
nave at the Feast of Corpus Christi.
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