John Ogburn Holt, who at some point lived at nos. 7&9 Westgate, acquired a number of properties on Westgate, which he let.
Tag: Residents/Holt Family
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… Continue reading The Chichester Walls and Gates
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… Continue reading History of 23-25 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.”
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… Continue reading The History of 7-9 Westgate
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… Continue reading History of 38 Westgate
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… Continue reading History of 20 Westgate
History of 16 Westgate
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… Continue reading History of 16 Westgate
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… Continue reading The Brewery Field in 2017
Residents in 1950 at 1-65 Westgate
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.