Tuesday Talk: What did the Victorians do for Chichester?

By Alan Green, Guest Speaker

Visually Chichester did not alter substantially under the Victorians, so its character remained – and remains to this day – essentially Georgian.

PH 12594 – Chichester: East Street and the Cross

In this illustrated talk Alan Green explores the Victorian era in Chichester including the coming of the railway, new buildings, and the provision of the cattle market, as well as significant happenings such as the collapse of the cathedral spire in 1861 and the sorry saga of why, despite regular cholera outbreaks, a sewerage system was not to be installed until 1892.

PH 30788/114 – Cattle Market in Chichester, 1903
PH 116 – Chichester Cathedral. Fall of Spire, c.1865

And along the way the movers and shakers of the day will be met.

Join us on Tuesday 30th April at 7pm. Tickets cost £8.00 (attending in-person), £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members or £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom). To attend in-person, please phone 01243 753602 to book and pay. To attend online, please book via Eventbrite.


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