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# WESTGATE CHICHESTER

a Georgian and Thirties street with post-industrial culs de sac (WGRA redirects to here)

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## Posts

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- [History of The Tannery (61-65 Westgate)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/17/history-of-the-tannery-61-65-westgate/) - Residents The Undershill family, who turned out to be tanners, are first recorded in the parish in 1526, when they acquire the share of a lease of 20 acres of land with a house. John Undershill is the earliest documented reference to tanning in St. Bartholomew’s when, in 1549, he witnesses the will of John Parker
- [Westgate Timeline](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/10/22/westgate-timeline/) - 43CE The Roman Second Legion land at Fishbourne and set up camp on the site which will become the palace of Togidubnus, vassal king of the Regni. Later they march inland under the command of Vespasian, probably along the track which was to become Westgate. They set up a winter camp on the flat plain
- [Memories of a former resident 1946-60](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2026/06/03/memories-of-a-former-resident-1946-60/) - We are very grateful to Tony Keating for his contribution to the site. There are several references to him which can be found if you type Keating into the search box. He has kindly provided additional information to his contribution which is published below and you should cross-refer this with the earlier entries Notes and
- [The Westgate Residents' Association](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/05/the-westgate-residents-association/) - Westgate is now a desirable place to live but this has not always been the case. When it first started to form as a suburb outside the West Gate on the road to Fishbourne, St Bartholomew's was a poor industrial area. The Fishbourne road developed into the main road along the coast to the west,
- [History of 68 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/14/history-of-68-westgate/) - These notes on the history of this property are by Anne Sparrow. Historic references are in bold to assist further research. “When we bought No. 68 Westgate, on the deeds it was noted that it was originally called ‘Westgate Close’ [also “Crantock” in Kelly’s directory 1938 - RNB]. The name appeared on the wooden gate
- [A Chichester History ](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/10/23/a-chichester-history/) - Chichester is the only city in Sussex and owes its existence entirely to the Romans. There is no evidence of any form of a major settlement in the area before their arrival. The local iron age people lived in farmsteads rather than towns, although they were organised and there is evidence of considerable trade with
- [History of 64 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/14/history-of-64-westgate/) - Built about 1935 and originally called ‘Pantiles’, this property is situated on one of several parcels of land between Salthill Road and Westgate which had originally belonged to the brewer, George Henty. We have recorded elsewhere, that in 1780 the founder of the Brewery, William Humphrey (Snr), had bought land in Scuttery Fields (of which
- [The other branch of the Shippam Family](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/17/the-other-branch-of-the-shippam-family/) - In our article on nos. 27-39 Westgate, much space was given to the Shippam sausage and grocery business which occupied this site in the 19th century. This was not however the branch of the Shippam family of Shippam Pastes renown. That business was founded by a different member of the family but, confusingly with the
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 7: The Westgate War Memorial (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/08/07/hidden-westgate-history-2-the-westgate-war-memorial/) - I doubt that many people living on/by Westgate, or walking up and down the street, know that we have our very own War Memorial commemorating the Fallen of the Parish of St Bartholomew. Between 2014 and 2018 the nation remembered the First World War and commemorated the sacrifice of so many young men's lives. Several
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 1: St Sepulchre Round Church](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2021/06/26/hidden-from-history-6-st-sepulchre-round-church/) - The former St Batholomew's Church in Mount Lane off Westgate is not the first church to have appeared on this site. The suburbs extra muros of St Pancras to the east and of St Sepulchre to the west date back to Roman times, both housing 3rd century cemeteries within their parishes, with the main one
- [The Parklands Estate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/25/the-parklands-estate/) - The Parklands Estate lies to the north of Westgate, bordering the back gardens of the houses on that side. It was built on farmland that had belonged to the church; indeed, the land sold in 1878 for the St Bartholomew’s vicarage, which became number 74, was owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. However, by the 20th
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 10: Demolished properties Southside](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/14/hidden-from-history-10-westgates-lost-buildings/) - The following properties to the south side of Westgate were demolished in 1963 to make way for the Avenue de Chartres and the Chichester inner ring road. For information concerning the lost buildings to the north side of Westgate, please click here. The White Horse Inn Looking west through the site of the old West
- [History of 27-39 Westgate, aka Shippam's (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/24/27-39-westgate/) - 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
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 6: The Powell & Moya Bungalows](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/10/02/hidden-westgate-histories-3-the-powell-moya-bungalows/) - The eastern end of Westgate seems such a perfect Georgian enclave, yet who would have thought standing in the street today, that Mount Lane has contained iconic 20th century buildings and still has an interior by Eric Gill's brother? Powell & Moya architects The year 2014 saw the Chichester Festival Theatre celebrate Renew, the stunning
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 9: Demolished properties Northside](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/hidden-westgate-histories-9-demolished-properties/) - As detailed in Hidden Histories no 8, properties 2-10 were demolished in 1963 Number 8 James JEFFERIES was a private, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. 29th Division when he was killed in action on 15.7.17. In 1911, he was living with his wife Sarah at no. 52 Westgate - the old number, which became 8
- [History of 12-14 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-nos-12-14/) - Currently known as the Crate and Apple P.H. This reopened in its present guise on July 1, 2015, having previously been the ‘Vintage Pub and Bistro’, and before that: No. 12, a restaurant. But for many years it was The Swan, at one time having a reputation as a ’biker pub’. Its origins lie in
- [History of 16 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-no-16/) - Another property in the possession of the Holt family. John Ogburn Holt Snr, aged 25, had moved in by 1871. He had previously lived with his father and mother at no. 36, where he had been born. He had married Elizabeth Pile. By 1881 they had five children, Bernice (13), Charles John (12), Janice Mary
- [History of 20 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-20-westgate/) - More is currently known of the former occupiers of this property than of the building itself, with a strong connection to local family, the Holts. John Ogburn Holt Snr. had been born in Chichester on 9th April 1846 at 36 Westgate. By 1891 he was living at number 20 (then 44). In the house with
- [History of 18 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-18-westgate/) - Richmond House – previously York House – was originally two houses and the two front doors can be seen in this photo taken in 1900. It has since been converted to apartments and now has a single front door. Men of Royal Sussex Regiment, mounted, with wagon, passing through Westgate in 1900, taken from outside
- [History of 22 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-22-westgate/) - See more specific data on conjoined nos. 22-24 here and here. Alan Green in his book on Georgian Chichester writes: “This is intertwined with no. 24. The smaller of the two is no. 24, which is timber framed and under the same roof as no. 26 to the west. To the east no. 22 has a
- [History of 24 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-24-westgate/) - From the roof line, this house appears to be one of a pair with No. 26, which was at some point (c1995) converted to a single house intertwined with no 22. This is the smaller of the two properties and timber-framed, as is no 26, whose roof it shares. Before 1813 it belonged to Thomas Green
- [History of 28 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-28-westgate/) - This is a narrow house with a third storey, so the roof line is higher than its neighbours. It is an infill property, built at some time after 1642 in the gap between nos. 26 and 30. Not much else is known about the building at the moment. No 28 is the tall house to the
- [History of 32 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-32-westgate/) - As elsewhere on this website, we are grateful to local historian Alan H J Green for permission to reproduce this report of a visit he made to the property “No 32 is one of several 17C timber-framed houses on the north side of Northgate, doubtless rebuilt soon after the sack of Westgate by William Waller’s troops
- [History of 34 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-34-westgate/) - This property is the former "Waggon and Lamb" public house. A recent owner of the house believed that the original frontage of the house was one room back, with a yard in front of the house for waggons to park; or with the road running further to the north than its current course, thus allowing a
- [History of 36 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-36-westgate/) - This is the only house on the street that has carried the same number under both systems. It has always been no. 36. Residents The Holt family lived in this house for more than 70 years. The first John Holt recorded in the censuses as living on Westgate, was in 1851, when he was at
- [History of 38 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-38-westgate/) - More on the Holts. See the entries for nos. 16, 20 and 36 Westgate to complete the picture As previously described, John Ogburn Holt, who had lived at nos. 7&9 Westgate, acquired a number of properties on Westgate which he let, of which this was one. He signed a lease on 11th August 1896 for
- [History of 48 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/12/history-of-48-westgate/) - This house was for many years the head brewer or brewery manager’s house and called Brewery House to this day. The following fascinating and very valuable account by a resident of her life in this property, is quoted with permission from the CLHS magazine ‘Chichester History’, no. 23, p41 THE SLOE FAIR 'SQUIRTERS' by Ruth Bagnall (née
- [History of 52 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/13/history-of-52-westgate/) - This large Georgian property was to become part of The Westgate Brewery. The Humphreys In 1780, William Humphrey (Snr) bought land in Scuttery Fields to build some malthouses. The brewery itself was installed on the adjoining site, where today's no. 52 had stood as a dwelling house since about 1750: the date inscribed on the
- [History of old no.1 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/14/history-of-old-1-westgate/) - It can be confusing trying to sort out what building belongs where when confronted with the results of the demolitions at the famous pinch point where Westgate used to begin. In this photograph you can see how the road narrowed, with a large property blocking half the road. The Castle Inn on the left side
- [1-5 Westgate as The Theological College ](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/15/1-5-westgate-as-the-theological-college/) - In 1936 the lease owned by the Church Commissioners for the buildings at the top of Westgate - which included the Coach House and stable yard as well as what is now no. 5 - were let to the Chichester Theological College. This whole block, renamed Marriot House, was used for accommodation with eighteen students
- [3-9 Westgate as The Georgian Priory](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/15/3-9-westgate-as-the-georgian-priory/) - This is a residential development of 11 units originally converted in 1985/6 from the buildings of the old Theological College in Westgate by the Abbey Building Association Ltd. (which became the Abbey National Building Society). It is run by a resident’s management company. A plaque now in the front hall of number 3 (the apartments)
- [The History of 7-9 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/15/the-history-of-7-9-westgate/) - This article concerns Nos 7 and 9 Westgate, which was a whole house previously known as no.4 and then no. 11 Westgate from 1950 - 1987. The numbering of the houses in Westgate started in about 1900 and it has been a confusing experience for anyone trying to identify which property is which. In the
- [History of 11 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-11-westgate/) - Research by Clive Rogers (current owner). This house has an internal Tudor wall, but the timber framework within the roof void reveals that that this would originally have been external. The roof timbers at the southern end of the property appear to be a later addition during the "Georgification" of the street. A fireplace was
- [History of 15 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-15-westgate/) - Newly built in 1730, this site had already been occupied by a house, a woodhouse, and a slaughterhouse. A malthouse was added by 1775. In 1841 James Gates, a Yeoman Farmer aged 65, was living here. In 1861 another James Gates aged 59, a retired butcher who had had a shop in East Street was
- [History of 17 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-17-westgate/) - Certain sections in this entry are copied with permission from The Building of Georgian Chichester by local historian Alan Green. The Westgate house no. 17 “was added to number 15 in about 1787 - on a more modest scale." The property "is a typical Regency rebuild. Its three-storey single frontage under a slate roof is
- [History of 19 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-19-westgate/) - The first half of this article is written by Richard Brownfield, with certain sections copied from ‘The Building of Georgian Chichester’, by local historian Alan Green and with his kind permission. This Farmhouse was "damaged in the siege of Chichester 1642." Alan Green: "Abutting no. 17 to the west is No. 19, whose impossible disposition
- [History of 21 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-21-westgate/) - The history of this property has been constructed by Dr Brownfield from the property's voluminous Schedule of Deeds, by kind permission of the current owners. For the uninitiated (like me), "Messuage" was a term that referred to a dwelling house along with its adjacent buildings and the land used in connection. A word from late
- [History of 23-25 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/16/history-of-23-25-westgate/) - Along with no 25, no 23 is one of a pair of workman’s cottages Roy Morgan writes: "The house is recorded as far back as 1379 and is also mentioned in 1570. The pair of cottages are recorded in land tax records from 1780 and are shown on Gardner’s map of 1797". No. 23 specifically
- [History of 39-59 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/17/history-of-39-59-westgate/) - Known informally as the Tannery Cottages, nos. 39–59 Westgate form a neat row of 10 workman’s cottages. Originally occupied by tannery workers, these were bought - probably after 1871 - by the Henty family and used for their brewery employees. No information has yet been found of their construction date. This map shows how they
- [The Westgate Fields](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/28/westgate-fields/) - To the south of Westgate were fields and meadows, until the construction of Chichester College in the 1960s. Much of the land belonged to the Dean, and in the 12th century, when he desired to open “a way from his garden to his land and orchards between the wall and the river Lavant”, he had
- [Westgate Archaeology](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/29/westgate-archaeology/) - This section is edited from articles published by Colin Hicks on the original Westgate Residents Association Website, which were adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. Richard Brownfield has very usefully brought these all together, updated and developed them to create a
- [The Lavant River](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/29/the-lavant-river/) - In Sussex dialect a ‘Lavant´ is a winterbourne, which means it only flows during the winter. In C15th documents in the West Sussex Records Office it is also spelt as ‘Louente’ and ‘Lavent’. Most rivers start from a ‘spring’ and gather water from tributaries as they flow downhill. The Lavant river is different. Its water
- [The Chichester Walls and Gates](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/29/the-chichester-walls-and-gates/) - The Roman army, after landing at Fishbourne in AD 43, set up a camp on the site which is now modern Chichester and fortified it with a wooden wall. The town was laid out on a grid with the main streets North and South Street, East and West Street, which crossed in the centre of
- [The road we call Westgate (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/30/the-road-we-call-westgate-updated/) - This is a comprehensive rewrite and expansion of my original 2017 post, recently undertaken by Dr Richard Brownfield. It pulls together a lot of different sources and is as full a historic description of the street as can be achieved. A major piece of research and a fascinating read. Westgate is the road that left
- [The Westgate Brewery (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/30/the-westgate-brewery-updated/) - The following entry is made up of a number of articles about the Brewery assembled from different sources by Richard Brownfield. [Square bracketed numbers and symbols] refer to the footnotes at the end of this post. From time to time, we bring in a guest writer to add to the content of our website. We
- [The Theological College](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/30/the-theological-college/) - Following extensive research by Dr Brownfield, here is a full description of the history of the Theological College, mostly taken from documents at the WSCC Record Office The Story The College was founded by William Otter in July 1838, the first such Diocesan College in England. The first Principal was Charles Marriott, of Oriel College,
- [The West End: who lived in your house?](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/11/30/the-west-end-who-lived-in-your-house/) - Due to their fairly recent date, finding information about the properties in the 1930s development of Westgate, and the former industrial sites in the side streets, has proved a challenge. Except for the few that were built in earlier times. The censuses stop at 1921 and we have not trawled the electoral rolls for privacy
- [Henty Gardens & The Maltings](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/04/henty-gardens-the-maltings/) - The Westgate (St Bartholomew's) suburb contains not just the main street but a collection of side streets that lead off the main road. This is part two of a series designed to present each of these in their own right. You can read about Mount Lane here. We do re-use material from elsewhere that risks
- [Mount Lane](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/04/mount-lane/) - The Westgate (St Bartholomew's) suburb contains not just the main street but a collection of side streets that lead off the main road. This is part one of a series designed to present each of these in their own right. You can read about Henty Gardens and The Maltings here. It does re-use some material
- [St Bartholomew's Church (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/04/st-bartholomews-church-updated/) - THE ORIGINAL ST SEPULCHRE’S CHURCH Colin Hicks writes: Originally on the site of the graveyard at St Bartholomew’s on the corner of Mount Lane and Westgate, stood a church that was probably built in the 12th century. This was round with a circular apse over the altar, a shape associated with the Knights Templar, so
- [History of the Holt family of Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/04/history-of-the-holt-family-of-westgate/) - John Ogburn Holt, who at some point lived at nos. 7&9 Westgate, acquired a number of properties on Westgate, which he let. See further entries concerning the Holt Family in the property profiles for nos. 7-9, 16, 19, 20, 23-25, 36 and 38, to complete the picture of this (somewhat tragic) family's presence on our
- [History of 40 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/08/history-of-40-westgate/) - Formerly number No 34 (1900-1950 numbering) Known in recent memory as Deering's sweet shop, this property was a shop well before censuses began in 1841. At that point it was a bakery, already being run by one George Hackett, aged 35, and who describes himself as a baker, a recognised trade of trained artisans. He
- [Historic Maps of Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2025/12/29/historic-maps-of-westgate/) - Roman Roads (© David Stokes) Westgate was not a metalled road in Roman times, although it was an important route to the palace at Fishbourne, onto Bitterne and then Winchester. Note the short road from Chichester to Dell Quay in the south, which came into use when Fishbourne Harbour silted up and the main port
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 4: The Westgate Lavant](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/04/14/6-westgate-lavant/) - Most residents are familiar with our winterbourne, the River Lavant. Winterbourne because it is a seasonal stream that comes down from the Downs, filtered out of the chalk after the Winter rains. Most of us are familiar with its current course on the West side: emerging from the City from underneath the Fountain public house
- [Inventory of the Brewery Field Trees](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/08/18/inventory-of-the-brewery-field-trees/) - (as of August 2017) There was some disquiet after the opening of the field in August 2017, to see that a rather sculptural - but dead - tree on the Western edge of the field had been felled. The Brewery Field had recently been added to the Chichester Conservation Area. Therefore all the trees were
- [The Brewery Field: Community Open Day, 20 August 2017](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/08/26/community-open-day-2017/) - After 105 years absence, it was an emotional moment to see a brewery dray enter the Brewery Field that Sunday in August 2017, as two magnificent shire horses, Pride and Griffin, were driven in by John Medhurst, their driver for the past 28 years. Driver John Medhurst and Cllr Peter Jones, then Mayor of Chichester
- [St Bartholomew Without, Mount Lane (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2015/09/09/st-bartholomew-without-mount-lane/) - As its name suggests, and like the "green hill far away", St Bartholomew is "without a city wall", in this case 'without' Chichester's West Gate. The Church is designated by Historic England (formerly English Heritage) at Grade II for the following principal reasons: A classical style church of 1832 with simple, yet elegant, proportions. The
- [The Romans and Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/01/01/theromans/) - The above picture is of the Bosham Head, part of the largest Roman statue ever found in Britain. Discovered around 1800 and well-weathered from being left outside in the Bishop's Palace Garden. Thought to be that of Emperor Trajan (CE 53-117) and perhaps installed by Hadrian at the entrance to Chichester Harbour. This article forms
- [Medieval Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/02/01/medieval-westgate/) - Image courtesy of Chichester Web. This article forms the third in a series on the archaeology of Westgate and is adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. The numbers on the map refer to objects mentioned in the text below that
- [Chichester & St Bart's: The Early Settlement](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/02/20/chichester-and-the-suburb-of-st-bartholomew-without/) - The extent of Chichester has altered at various times. The settlement was first established as a winter fort for the Second Augustan Legion under Vespasian (the future emperor) shortly after the Roman invasion by Emperor Claudius in AD 43. Like all Roman walled towns, Noviomagus Reginorum was divided into four quarters by two main roads
- [Chichester & St Bart's: Walls, Gates and a Ditch](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/04/20/chichester-st-barts-walls-gates-and-a-ditch/) - This text is about the suburb of St Bartholomew's Without in the wider context of the development of the City of Chichester. It is drawn from an edited extract of a 1935 publication (details below). As such it has kept a centuries-old way of talking about Chichester where the city walls, gates, ditch and parishes defined
- [The Gates](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/01/06/the-gates/) - Some controversy rages about what Chichester's West Gate actually looked like. It was our view initially that this was the gate itself, taken from an 18th century watercolour, but this is disputed by the team at the West Sussex county archives who, in spite of the title at the bottom, believe it must be of
- [The Organ of St Bartholomew's Church](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/20/the-organ-of-st-bartholomews-church/) - A chance encounter with Alan Thurlow, retired organist of Chichester Cathedral, has enabled us to do some more research into the pipe organ which may still be seen inside the former St Bartholomew's church. Details of the St Bartholomew's organ can be found under Survey E00701 on the National Pipe Organ Register (NPOR), which is
- [The Chichester and Midhurst Railway: Level Crossing](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/07/10/chichester-midhurst-level-crossing/) - Article adapted from one originally researched and compiled by Paula Chatfield of Parklands RA for her excellent Easter Trail series and re-published here by permission. Before the railway arrived (see 1813 map below), the Westgate/Fishbourne Road was the main road (for foot and horse traffic) between Chichester and Portsmouth. In 1846/7 a level crossing opened
- [Chichester Road Space Audit of 2017](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/11/04/wgra-response-to-the-chichester-road-space-audit/) - The County Council's consultation on their audit of the road space in Chichester has now closed; we hope you were able to find the time to send in your personal response. The Committee also considered its position and the Chairman has sent in the following letter to the County Council: Introduction The Westgate Resident’s Association
- [The Future of Centurion Way 2018](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2018/01/26/the-future-of-centurion-way/) - The Committee are keen for interested residents to attend the “Friends of Centurion Way” Exhibition which is taking place this Saturday 27th January 2018 from 11.00 am – 3 pm at The Scout Hut on Sherborne Road, Chichester PO19 3AA. The Friends will be displaying material from their dossier of research about the path including information
- [Successful day for Centurion Way 2018](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2018/01/29/a-successful-day-for-centurion-way/) - A very successful exhibition was held on Saturday 27th January 2018 in the Scouts Hut by the newly formed Friends of Centurion Way. The exhibition coincided with the launch of a written dossier detailing all the community issues that need to be considered in relation to any proposed diversion of the path's southern end. The
- [The Westgate Cycle Path 2016](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/09/25/westgate-cycle-path-2/) - Re-design Westgate to Accommodate Everyone’s Needs Safely? The City Council's Cycle Infrastructure Design Workshop met on 1st October 2016 in St Paul's Church. Unfortunately this clashed with our monthly Coffee Morning but several residents were able to attend, for which many thanks. By all accounts, some interesting and competent contributors had been brought in from outside
- [More on the Westgate Cycle Path 2016](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/11/13/the-westgate-cycle-path-3/) - Retired traffic consultant Paul Wreyford has been a key expert assisting the four RAs concerned with the impacts of the Whitehouse Farm development. He has over forty years of detailed highway and transport design and construction experience, and assessing developers highway designs has been a major part of this. Following the approval of the outline
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 5: The Westgate Cannon (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/01/08/5-westgate-cannon/) - As many residents will know, Westgate, along with St Pancras, was part of the Parliamentary encampment during the brief siege of Chichester by Colonel William Waller at Christmastide in December 1642, the first year of the Civil War. Christmas 2022 marked the 380th anniversary of this event. A Divided City In those revolutionary times, a
- [A brief archaeology of Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2015/10/24/a-brief-archaeology-of-westgate/) - This brief article introduces a monthly series of four on the archaeology of Westgate. These four pages may be accessed via the underlined titles. The data has been adapted, with their permission, from the findings of an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared within a 500 metre radius of Chichester College by SLR Consulting Ltd in 2013.
- [Our Mature Trees in 2015](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2015/11/14/westgate-tree-under-threat-view-the-application/) - How were our mature trees doing in 2015? A planning application had been made by the County Council to re-pollard the last remaining mature Horse Chestnut on the corner of Parklands Road and Westgate. This was no more than good maintenance, but the description in the application that this tree was now 'over-mature' and 'in
- [History of 1-9 Westgate: The Georgian Priory](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2015/11/30/an-investigation-into-the-georgian-priory-2/) - This post forms part of an occasional series of contributions from guest authors. This building history by Dr Richard Brownfield was first published in the Chichester Society Newsletter and is here reproduced by permission. Georgian Priory is an entirely spurious name which was created in 1988 when the Abbey Building Society (later to become the
- [Prehistoric Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2015/12/01/prehistoric-westgate/) - This article forms the first in a series on the archaeology of Westgate and is adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. The numbers on the above map refer to objects mentioned in the text below that have been found and registered in the Historic
- [The Brewery Field update (Feb 2016)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/02/20/henty-field-update/) - Following a very successful public meeting at the end of 2015, the three RAs who would benefit most from the use of The Brewery (Henty) Field formed a steering committee to launch a Friends' group at the request of the City Council. The City and County Councils had made it clear that if this resource
- [Westgate in the 17th to 19th Centuries](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/01/westgate-in-the-17th-to-19th-centuries/) - This article forms the fourth and final one in a series on the archaeology of Westgate and is adapted with their permission from an archaeological desk-based assessment prepared by SLR Consulting Ltd on behalf of Chichester College in 2013. The numbers on the map refer to objects mentioned in the text below that have been
- [The Westgate Brewery](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/10/the-westgate-brewery-1/) - From time to time we bring in a guest writer to add to the content of our website. We are grateful to local historian Alan H. J. Green for his permission to reprint this article which originally appeared, entitled "The Westgate Brewery", in the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society Newsletter 137 of January 2008. And also to
- [Westgate's Landmark Trees (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/12/westgates-landmark-trees/) - Originally posted on 12 March 2016, updated on 13 June 2016 and February 2025. With thanks to Brian Hopkins, our tree warden. All tree photos are by the author unless otherwise stated. Protected Trees According to the CDC website, Westgate has some 30 TPO protected trees (!) running from no 1 Henty Gardens down to no
- [Rules of the TPO (Tree Preservation Order)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/12/the-rules-of-the-tpo/) - Although posted originally in 2016, this post has been retained as it still contains relevant information for residents and other readers. 2016: Due to recent relaxation of the planning regulations by the current government and the disappearance of some trees for various other reasons, it is not easy to produce a reliable list of the
- [Developing The Brewery Field (March 2016)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/14/developing-the-community-field/) - On 11th March 2016 the Field Steering Committee officers had a meeting in the field with Mikey Pearce of Forest Schools, and Sue Long, the CDC Community Warden for Chichester West. The Steering Group was keen to respect the wishes of the general meeting held at the end of 2015 that the field should be
- [Chichester & St Bart's: History of the Municipal Area](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/20/chichester-st-barts-the-municipal-area/) - Prior to the Norman Conquest of 1066 the municipal area of Chichester is not known. From the late 9th century, Alfred had founded his network of Saxon burhs. These lay at the centre of Alfred's reformed military defence system and were distributed at strategic points throughout the kingdom. Many were former Roman towns, the largest of which was
- [The Rebuilding of St Bartholomew's Church, 1824-32](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/20/the-rebuilding-of-st-bartholomews-church-1824-32/) - Following the destruction of the "Round Church of St Bartholomew" by William Waller's Parliamentarian troops in December 1642, the congregation were without a church for 190 years. Only the burial ground was left but the parish still existed, its vicar and churchwardens remaining in office and the tithes still being collected. Until 13 March 1824,
- [History of 44 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/24/44-westgate/) - For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record
- [History of 22-24 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/24/22-24-westgate/) - For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 8: Demolished properties of 1963](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/24/4-lost-properties-westgate/) - The quoted setions are extracts from The Building of Georgian Chichester by local historian Alan Green (Phillimore 2007), here reproduced with his permission. Westgate lost a lot of buildings in the sixties to make way for the ring road and the A286 roundabout at the eastern end of the street. There was some Georgian new build
- [History of 3 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/03/24/3-westgate/) - For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, we are posting details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records
- [The Shape of Old Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/04/17/the-shape-of-old-westgate/) - We are grateful to resident John Davies for the following article on the heritage part of our streetscape (the Conservation Area), using earlier research done by the late Dr Latchman which had been passed on to him. The”shape” of Westgate from the old gate through to Parklands Road When faced with a simple continuing list
- [Residents in 1950 at 1-65 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/04/17/our-street-numbers-have-changed-over-the-years/) - House numbering first appeared in the census of 1901. Before this. the identification of plots on Westgate was by reference to the neighbours on each side, which became obviously inexact as they frequently changed. The 1900 numbering started with number 1 outside the site of the old West gate. This continued with consecutive numbers on
- [Westgate's Listed Buildings](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/04/17/westgates-listed-buildings/) - Did you know that Westgate contains 36 listed buildings and walls? English historic properties and buildings are listed by Historic England (who used to be known as English Heritage). They are the public body that looks after listing England's historic environment. They champion historic places, helping people to understand, value and care for them, now and
- [Chichester & St Bart's: the Architecture of the City](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/05/20/chichester-st-barts-architecture-of-the-city/) - This text was originally the fourth in a monthly series of five about the suburb of St Bartholomew's Without in the wider context of the development of the City of Chichester. It is drawn from an edited extract of a 1935 publication (details below). As such it has kept a centuries-old way of talking about
- [Hubert's Street Party Poem - June 2016](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/06/14/hubert-reads-his-poem/) - Every year famous resident Hubert Doggart, the cricketer, wrote a special poem for the annual Street Party. Here is his verse for the event in June 2016 ‘ELIZABETH the FIRST’ (and her astonishing - but not surprising - to date, 64-year-long reign.) To thank YOU, TOWN-CRIER, I AM glad. How else could SILENCE we
- [Opening of The Brewery Field - June 2016 (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/06/17/opening-of-the-brewery-field/) - Residents will probably know by now that the Field behind the County Record Office in Orchard Street has been taken over by Chichester City Council on a 25-year lease from the County Council for the use and enjoyment of all. It is very unusual these days to be able to organise the birth and activities
- [Suburb of St Bartholomew's: C19th population](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/06/20/the-suburb-of-st-bartholomews-the-c19th-population/) - This text is the last in our series about the Suburb of St Bartholomew, through which Westgate runs. It consists of edited data selected from the 19th century censuses for the historic suburb of St Bartholomew (1801 to 1891) The 19th century population of the St Bartholomew's Civil Parish was the same in 1891 as it was in
- [Westgate's K6 Telephone Box](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/08/10/westgates-k6-telephone-box/) - Did you know that the red telephone box on the corner of Parklands Road and Westgate is protected, and listed grade II? It was listed in July 1995 by Historic England, sixty years after it had been erected. Photo: Paula Chatfield To look at the state of it in 2016, you wouldn't have known it would
- [The Road we call Westgate (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/08/12/the-road-we-call-westgate/) - Westgate is so named as it is the road that left Chichester by the West Gate, an encumbrance to traffic which was demolished in 1773 except for the south pillar which is still standing, complete with hinge, to the left of the Indian Restaurant. This road has been the main road out to Winchester from Chichester
- [More on the Westgate Brewery](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/09/10/the-westgate-brewery/) - This article appears as a complement to the one published earlier this year From Brewing to Business Services The Westgate Brewery (now home to Mercers, a pensions firm) was founded in 1751 probably by John Dearling and from 1793, taken on by William and Edward Humphrey. The brewery's association with the Henty family seems to date
- [The Westgate Planters - a History](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/09/24/the-westgate-planters-a-history/) - From early times, Westgate was on the main road from Portsmouth to Chichester. There had been a suburb of Westgate outside the city gate since the Middle Ages, with a mixture of terraced houses and some larger ones dominated by the brewery and the tannery. With increasing traffic, the Chichester bypass to the south was
- [The Electoral Boundary Changes of May 2017](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/10/01/election-boundary-changes-for-may-2017/) - Please find below a screen shot of the recommended changes to our electoral boundary by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE), an independent body set up by Parliament, in respect of the county and district electoral divisions for our area.Here is a precis of their recommendations. You will find more detailed information at: https://www.lgbce.org.uk/…/south-east/west-sussex/chichester.
- [History of 80 Westgate](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2016/10/10/westfield-house/) - Based on an article originally researched and compiled by Paula Chatfield of Parklands RA for her excellent Easter Trail series and published here by permission. Always known as Westfield House, this is one of our older local buildings, built in the 1700s and extended in the early 1800s. When it was built, it was in
- [The Brewery Field in 2017](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/04/10/the-brewery-field-in-2017/) - The History This field was part of the Westgate Brewery which produced beer for many inns and pubs across Sussex and East Hampshire from 1751 until it closed in 1954. In 1827 it was taken over by the Henty family who went into partnership with George Constable in 1921. The brewery had been rebuilt in
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 3: Five Good Sisters (updated)](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/05/30/1-good-sisters/) - This article first appeared on 30 July 2016 as part of an occasional series of historical items that relate to Westgate and have been somehow Hidden from History. We are grateful to Westgate resident Rachel Moriarty for a host of new material which has resulted in this much expanded version (May 2017). Recently the church
- [Hubert's Street Party Poem - July 2017](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/07/22/huberts-street-party-poem-july-2017/) - Every summer for the Street Party, famous resident, cricketer Hubert Doggart, would write a poem. Here is his offering at the 2017 event: From May-Hem in Westminster to July Calm in Westgate Imagine my horror, one fine-seeming day, The 4th one in Feb., as the shorteners say, The Saturday when Jones's England beat France -
- [Hidden Westgate Histories 2: The Shippam Stables](https://www.westgatechi.org.uk/2017/08/21/hidden-westgate-histories-the-shippam-stables/) - By an amazing coincidence, the very week that the dray horses came back to the Brewery Field, if only for an afternoon, a resident was clearing the vegetation back in her garden when she discovered several items hanging on the wall. The first one was this strange item: If you look up at the buildings
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