Originally published in 2016, this article has been considerably improved by the diligent research of Dr Richard Brownfield.
The terrace now numbered 27 to 39 (odds) has had a most complicated history and it has been thought best to present them as an ensemble. The house numbers are therefore printed in bold to assist navigation is you are following the history of a particular properties in this row.
Mount Lane
I have just discovered your wonderful site and your article about shippam .
My gr gr gr grandfather George sims (born 1800 in Chichester ) was a tanner for shippams in their tannery.
He lived in the westgate .I believe at no 46 and later no 24 ,perhaps they moved because they had 5 children including my gr gr granddad .We believe he kept his ‘tanning trolley ‘
in a cut way down the side of the house?
All their children were baptised in st Bartholomew church and I understand George is buried there as he died in 1867 aged just 67 . I have recently sent off for his death certificate,but would think being a tanner contributed to his early death .I am told urine was used widely in the tanning process ! I would love to know if his grave exists.. is their anyway I can find out ?
His son William was a milkman in westgate in 1861 and his wife a chairwoman .
I hope this has been of interest and look forward to hearing any feed back especially about George’s grave .
Kind regards
Sandie lyons
Hi Sandie, I have just come across your post and am really excited as George Sims was also my gr gr gr grandad aswell!! We are in the process of researching our family tree and have got back as far as George and Mary and now stuck!! We also have his death certificate and further to that we found a newspaper article on how he died, an awful industrial accident at the Tannery!! My gr gr granddad was George (junior), Williams brother!! Is there any way of contacting you so we could put our information together?? Regards Linda Wooldridge
Hi Sandie I have been doing my family tree ,and my aunt Annie Elizabeth Talbot, born 1898-1918 was married to Albert H Shippam 1900! My mother told me she was married to Shippam of Chichester,she died at the age of 21 and buried at Arundel, do you know? About if anything of this side of family,I do have a picture of her,but not Albert,I do believe he remarried,has he was only 17 when he married Annie maybe he had to marry her because she was pregnant ?they were only married 3 months before she died
Kind regards Percy