Editing Hayling Island (section)

==History==
[[File:SelseyHaylingPortsea.JPG|thumb|right|Hayling Island between [[Selsey Bill]] and [[Portsea Island]], seen from the west, with north to the left]]
An [[Iron Age]] shrine in the north of Hayling Island, later developed into a [[Roman temple]] in the 1st century BC, was first recorded in Richard Scott's ''Topographical and Historical Account of Hayling Island'' (1826). The site was dug between 1897 and 1907 and again from 1976 to 1978.  The remains are now buried under farmland.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.barnarch.u-net.com/Hayling.htm| title=Internal Organisation and Deposition at the Iron Age Temple on Hayling Island (Hampshire)| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010125075900/http://www.barnarch.u-net.com/Hayling.htm | archive-date=25 January 2001| author=Anthony King|author2=Robert Downey|year=1977}}</ref> The first coin credited to Commius that was found in an archaeological dig was found at the temple.<ref name=Beanmeth262>{{cite thesis |last=Bean|first=Simon C.|date=1994 |title=The coinage of Atrebates and Regni |type=PhD |chapter=Coinage of Commios |page=262|publisher=University of Nottingham |chapter-url=http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11944/1/262143.pdf |access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref> This Commius was probably the son of the [[Commius]] mentioned by Julius Caesar,<ref name=jersey27>{{cite book |last=De Jersey |first=Philip |date=1996 |title=Celtic Coinage in Britain |publisher=Shire Publications |pages=27–32 |isbn=0-7478-0325-0}}</ref> although it is possible the coin was issued by the same Commius.<ref name=Beanmeth242>{{cite thesis |last=Bean|first=Simon C|date=1994 |title=The coinage of Atrebates and Regni |type=PhD |chapter=Coinage of Commios |pages=242–247|publisher=University of Nottingham. |chapter-url=http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/11944/1/262143.pdf |access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref>

Salt production was an industry on the island from the 11th century, and the [[Domesday Book]] records a [[Salt evaporation pond|saltpan]] on the island. This industry continued until the late 19th century.

The monks of [[Jumièges Abbey]], Normandy, began to build Northwode Chapel about 1140; this became the site of the present St Peter's Church, now the oldest surviving church on the island. St Peter's three bells, cast in about 1350, are one of the oldest peals in England. St Mary's Church is a standard design for the churches of its era, but the walls were built with a mortar of local shells and beach pebbles. The ancient yew tree in the churchyard is believed to be the oldest yew in the county, with a girth of some {{convert|9|m|spell=in|abbr=off}}. Estimates of its age range from over a thousand to nearly two thousand years old.<ref>[http://www.hayling.co.uk/guides/historic/stmaryschurch.php St Mary's Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719054352/http://www.hayling.co.uk/guides/historic/stmaryschurch.php |date=19 July 2011 }} Hayling Council website. Retrieved 14 March 2010</ref>

The grave of [[Princess Catherine Yurievskaya]] (1878–1959), a daughter of [[Alexander II of Russia]], who lived in North Hayling for many years, is in St Peter's churchyard;<ref>Church booklet – Guide to St Peter's Church North Hayling 2003.</ref> and that of George Glas Sandeman, nephew of the founder of [[Sandeman]] [[Port wine|Port]] and second head of that company,<ref>[http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=18546&inst_id=118 Sandeman Archive description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220447/http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=18546&inst_id=118 |date=3 March 2016 }} AIM25 Archives website. Retrieved 20 April 2012</ref><ref>{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228062537/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bronwyn/ssportwine.htm#portandsherry*|date=2011-02-28|title=Sandeman Scrapbook - Sandeman Ports and Wines}} [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bronwyn/ssportwine.htm#portandsherry PORT AND SHERRY] Originally published by George G Sandeman & Co (1955), now hosted on Ancestry.com. Retrieved 20 April 2012</ref> is prominent in the north-east part of St Mary's graveyard.<ref>[http://www.haylinganglicans.co.uk/stmary/graves/gd_919_941.htm St Mary's Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802143450/http://www.haylinganglicans.co.uk/stmary/graves/gd_919_941.htm |date=2 August 2012 }} Hayling Anglican Churches website. Retrieved 20 April 2012</ref>

In May 1944, the island was the location of a mock invasion during the military [[Exercise Fabius]], rehearsing the preparations for [[D-Day]].<ref>''Southampton and D-Day'', Ingrid Peckham. Southampton City Council Oral History, 1994. {{ISBN|1-872649-04-1}}</ref>

In 1982, the [[Court of Appeal (England and Wales)|English Court of Appeal]] recognised prior art by [[Peter Chilvers]], who in 1958 as a 12-year-old boy on Hayling Island assembled his first board combined with a sail. It had all the elements of the modern [[windsurfer]]. The court found that later innovations were "merely an obvious extension" and upheld the defendant's claim based on film footage.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://slcc.strath.ac.uk/scotslawcourse/ip/ip/patent/windsurf.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031211083750/http://slcc.strath.ac.uk/scotslawcourse/ip/ip/patent/windsurf.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=11 December 2003| title=Windsurfing International Inc. v Tabur Marine (GB) Ltd. (1985) RPC 59| work=SLCC – Scots Law Courseware| publisher=The [[University of Strathclyde]]| access-date=20 June 2010}}</ref> This court case set a significant precedent for [[patent law]] in the United Kingdom, in terms of [[Inventive step and non-obviousness]]. The case, Chilvers, Hayling, and a replica of Chilvers's original board were featured on an episode of the [[BBC]]'s ''[[The One Show]]'' in 2009.<ref>[http://www.windwise.net/component/content/article/1-latest-news/107-bbc-one-show.html The One Show 7 pm BBC1 Friday 5 June!] ''WindWise.net''; Simon Bornhoft's WindWise. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118082931/http://www.windwise.net/component/content/article/1-latest-news/107-bbc-one-show.html|date=2012-01-18}} Retrieved 20 June 2010.</ref>

On 20 October 2013, at least one hundred properties on the island were damaged when it was hit by a tornado. No injuries were reported.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24601190|title=Hayling Island properties hit by 'tornado'|date=20 October 2013|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/10/20/tornado-damages-100-homes-in-hampshires-hayling-island-4153295/|title='Tornado' damages 100 homes in Hampshire's Hayling Island|publisher=Metro|date=20 October 2013}}</ref>