The Westgate 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 being missed… Continue reading Henty Gardens & The Maltings
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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… Continue reading The Lavant River
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
Hidden Westgate Histories 10: Demolished properties Southside
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… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories 10: Demolished properties Southside
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… Continue reading Westgate Timeline
Hidden Westgate Histories 2: 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… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories 2: The Shippam Stables
Hidden Westgate Histories 4: The 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… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories 4: The Westgate Lavant
Suburb of St Bartholomew’s: 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… Continue reading Suburb of St Bartholomew’s: C19th population
