Author: Colin Hicks

Site Admin - Westgate Residents' Association Chichester

The Westgate Planters – a History

From early times, Westgate was on the main road from Portsmouth to Chichester. There had been a suburb of Westgate outside the city gate since the Middle Ages, with a mixture of terraced houses and some larger ones dominated by the brewery and the tannery. With increasing traffic, the Chichester bypass to the south was… Continue reading The Westgate Planters – a History

The Westgate Brewery part 2

This article appears as a complement to the one published earlier this year From Brewing to Business Services The Westgate Brewery (now home to Mercers, a pensions firm) was founded in 1751 probably by John Dearling and from 1793, taken on by William and Edward Humphrey. The brewery’s association with the Henty family seems to date… Continue reading The Westgate Brewery part 2

Whitehouse Farm Development: The Case for the Southern Access Road Sept 2016

The Whitehouse Farm outline planning application is being considered at a special single subject meeting of the planning committee at the CDC Offices, East Pallant at 9.30am on Thursday 8th September. This is crunch time, please come and support us by attending the meeting (open to the public – just turn up). As a last… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: The Case for the Southern Access Road Sept 2016

The Road we call Westgate (updated)

Westgate is so named as it is the road that left Chichester by the West Gate, an encumbrance to traffic which was demolished in 1773 except for the south pillar which is still standing, complete with hinge, to the left of the Indian Restaurant. This road has been the main road out to Winchester from Chichester… Continue reading The Road we call Westgate (updated)

Westgate’s K6 Telephone Box

  Did you know that the red telephone box on the corner of Parklands Road and Westgate is protected, and listed grade II? It was listed in July 1995 by Historic England, sixty years after it had been erected. To look at the state of it, you wouldn’t know it would you? The citation reads: CHICHESTER WESTGATE (north side),… Continue reading Westgate’s K6 Telephone Box

Hidden Westgate Histories: The Westgate War Memorial (updated)

I doubt that many people living on/by Westgate, or walking up and down the street, know that we have our very own War Memorial commemorating the Fallen of the Parish of St Bartholomew. Between 2014 and 2018 the nation remembered the First World War and commemorated the sacrifice of so many young men’s lives. Several… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories: The Westgate War Memorial (updated)

Bulletin No 5 July 2016

Dear Resident, The Whitehouse Farm Development continues to keep your Committee busy, which is why this bulletin comes to you somewhat earlier than usual. Consideration of the application for planning permission has been delayed yet again and will not be heard before the 17th August Planning Committee and possibly not until 14th September. This application… Continue reading Bulletin No 5 July 2016

The Chichester and Midhurst Railway: Level Crossing

Article adapted from one originally researched and compiled by Paula Chatfield of Parklands RA for her excellent Easter Trail series and re-published here by permission. Before the railway arrived (see 1813 map below), the Westgate/Fishbourne Road was the main road (for foot and horse traffic) between Chichester and Portsmouth. In 1846/7 a level crossing opened… Continue reading The Chichester and Midhurst Railway: Level Crossing

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