History
Chichester Programme for the Diamond Jubilee of 1897
We are very lucky that local historian Ken Green has given us permission to reproduce his collection of historic photos of Westgate and West Street for the delight and education of our residents. Please do not copy these photos for Read more…
Archaeology
Chichester & St Bart’s: 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 Read more…
Buildings
Westgate’s 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. Read more…
Buildings
Your street number has changed over the years
We are grateful to John Davies at no. 31 for all the work he has done on the numbering of the heritage end of the street which has changed over the years. He has constructed the table below to help Read more…
Georgian
The Shape of Old Westgate
We are grateful to John Davies at no. 31 for the following article on the heritage part our streetscape, using earlier research done by the late Dr Latchman which has been passed on to him. The”shape” of Westgate from the old Read more…
Campaigns
Whitehouse Farm Development Master Plan: WGRA Position Statement March 2016
Please read the following document with care. This is your committee’s considered response to Chichester District Council’s planning department concerning the Master plan recently published by the Whitehouse Farm developers. It is published here to help you formulate your personal Read more…
Buildings
The History of no. 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 Read more…