Tag: People

Information about former residents and people associated with the neighbourhood

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… Continue reading History of the Holt family of Westgate

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… Continue reading History of The Tannery (61-65 Westgate)

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… Continue reading History of 39-59 Westgate

The other branch of the Shippam Family

In our article on nos. 27-39 Westgate, much space has been given to the Shippam grocery business which occupied this site in the 19th century. This was not however the famous Shippam family of the Shippam Pastes. That business was founded by a different member of the family but, confusingly with the same name. This… Continue reading The other branch of the Shippam Family

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 1570. The pair of cottages are recorded in Land tax from 1780 and are shown on Gardner’s map of 1797”.  No. 23 specifically occurs twice… Continue reading History of 23-25 Westgate

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… Continue reading History of 21 Westgate

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. Abutting no. 17 to the west is No. 19, whose impossible disposition of windows… Continue reading History of 19 Westgate

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 bo. 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… Continue reading History of 17 Westgate

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… Continue reading History of 11 Westgate

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