The Novium Museum

This painting by Mike Codd depicts life in Chichester when the Market Cross was built in 1501

Changing Times

Each week we submit articles to local newspaper, the Chichester Post. Written by Museum volunteers, staff and work placement students, this collection of articles document stories from Chichester's past.

Changing Times - The Mystery Warrior

by Amy Roberts

Mystery Warrior

Health and Sanitation in Chichester

by Amy Roberts

Sanitation poem

Chichester Post Office

By Amanda Rogan

Royal Mail van outside South Street Post Office, 1910

Chichester's Role in D-Day

By Amy Roberts

Four WW2 soldiers in uniform

Coultershaw Mill

By Portia Tremlett

New Mill building constructed in 1923 after previous mill burnt down

City Conservation

By Pat Saunders

Sheep grazing on Westgate Fields, 1957

Chichester City Club

By Portia Tremlett

Chichester City Club by the Canal Basin, 1911

Wingard of Chichester

By Amy Roberts

Wingard of Chichester

The Life of St Richard

by Lorna Still

Statue of St Richard outside Chichester Cathedral. Reproduced with the permission of Chichester Cathedral.

The Grange Tower Street

by Pat Saunders & Amy Roberts

Watercolour by E. Addison showing the Grange, 1961

Chichester Train Station

By Becky Laughlin

View of the original Chichester Train Station c.1900

Oaklands Park

by Pat Saunders

Oaklands park SSAFA (armed forces charity) fete, 1948

Needlemaking

by Crispin Paine

Map of Chichester from 1610, just before the Civil War, when Needlemaking was most prolific

The History of Shippam's

by Portia Tremlett

A photograph of Shippam’s employees wearing their distinctive overalls

Liberator Bomber Crash

by Amy Roberts

Photo courtesy of Mary Hill

The Trundle

by Pat Saunders

The Trundle, 2004

Three Chichester Churches

by Lorna Still

St Peter the Great, 1880 – 1900

History of our Twinned City

by Maddie Newlands

Chartres signing, 1959. Photo by William Pope

The Life and Times of Admiral Sir George Murray

by Alex Bogard

Position of Ships, Battle of Copenhagen

Joe Faro: Pie Man of Chichester

by Amanda Harwood

Joe Faro (circa 1875) stands with his pie oven (second from left)

The Chichester Martyrs

by Lorna Still

Memorial to Iveson and Hook

Chichester's Sloe Fair

by Pat Saunders

Sloe Fair, 1900-1910

Sharp Garland's Grocery Shop

by Pat Saunders

A view of Eastgate Square with an arch built for the Coronation of George V in 1911. Sharp Garland’s grocers can be seen to the right, and the Market Cross and bell tower can be seen through the arch

Royal West Sussex Hospital

by Pat Saunders

Royal West Sussex Hospital, Circa 1930’s

Roussillon Barracks

by Pat Saunders

Royal Sussex Regiment No. 5 section, 3rd Battalion. Circa 1914 – 1919

Old Dears Almshouses

by Pat Saunders

Carrying Christmas food to ladies in the Almshouses. Early 1900’s

Motte and Bailey Castle

by Pat Saunders & Amy Roberts

Reconstruction of the motte and bailey Castle. Painted by Mike Codd

The Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway

by Pat Saunders

Opening of Selsey Tramway, August 1897. The engine 'Chichester' originally built in Barnsley in 1847

Chichester's Market Cross

by Amanda Harwood

This painting by Mike Codd depicts life in Chichester when the Market Cross was built in 1501

Sidlesham LSA

by Bill Martin

A team of roadbuilders arrived in Sidlesham in 1936 to construct Chalk and Fletchers Lanes in Sidlesham. Photo courtesy of Bill Martin

Chichester's Museum

by Amy Roberts & Portia Tremlett

Interior of the Society in South Street, kindly reproduced by the West Sussex Record Office

The Hawhurst Gang

by Portia Tremlett

Printing plate showing the smugglers throwing stones onto Daniel Chater down the well, on display at the Novium Museum

Halsted's the Ironmongers

by Pat Saunders

C. T. Halsted, founder of the ironworks, sitting outside his house (centre) with his family and dogs

The Guildhall

by Portia Tremlett

Chichester Friary - Mike Codd

Graylingwell Hospital

by Lorna Still

Hospital Ward, Graylingwell

Chichester Fire Brigade

by Pat Saunders

Fire engine emerging from station at Market Avenue, Caledonian Road, 1920 - 1930

Edes House

by Pat Saunders

Edes House (from the back) Photo courtesy of Edes House.

Dolphin & Anchor Hotel

by Pat Saunders

View of the Dolphin and Anchor hotel from in front of the Cathedral in the 1950s or 1960s.

Cowdray House

by Lorna Still

Print of Cowdray House (from the engraving by James Basire), 1796

Chichester Corn Exchange

by Pat Saunders

Print showing the Corn Exchange building, erected 1832

Civil War

by Lorna Still

Exterior view of Cawley Almshouse

Chichester Gaol

by Amy Hanson

This portion of the gaol door has a ship carved into it, most likely by inmates

Chichester Festival Theatre

by Lorna Still

Leslie Evershed – Martin, Founder of the theatre

Chichester University

by Sofia Hill

Bishop Otter College 1870's

Chichester Cathedral

by Portia Tremlett

Chichester Cathedral showing spire collapse

Chichester Butter Market

by Pat Saunders

Market House Toll Board

Brewing in Chichester

by Pat Saunders

Eastgate Brewery

Boxing Champion's Last Fight

by Lorna Still

Commemorative Jug, Novium Museum Collection

Arcades, lost from Chichester

by Pat Saunders

Sadlers Shop, East Street c.1930's

Apple Down Cemetery

by Portia Tremlett and Crispin Paine

Apple Down excavation

Chichester Poets

by Lorna Still

Street view of North Street 1900, showing the Smith Brothers House, second from left

Fernleigh, 40 North Street

by Pat Saunders and Amy Roberts

Fernleigh 40 North Street

Leisurely Pursuits

by Amy Roberts

Sports Day Priory Park 1890 - 1900

William Huskisson

by Lorna Still

William Huckinson

Chichester High School

by Charlotte Truscott

Chichester High School