This large Georgian property was to become part of The Westgate Brewery. The Humphreys In 1780, William Humphrey (Snr) bought land in Scuttery Fields in 1780 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… Continue reading History of 52 Westgate
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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… Continue reading History of 48 Westgate
Historic images
Click on each image for a closer look. The olde West Gate itself? According to the caption, looking down West Street in 1782 from outside the walls, or is it? Historians are of the view that this is in fact Eastgate with the City prison on top, demolished in 1783. The other gates were demolished… Continue reading Historic images