Chichester, Sussex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Chichester. You may be able to find further references to Chichester in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
BARTHOLOMEW (St.) Imperial
CATHEDRAL CLOSE an extra-parochial place Imperial
Chichester rape Bartholomew
Chichester municipal borough and city Bartholomew
CHICHESTER a city, a sub-district, a district, a rape, and a diocese Imperial
Chichester (or South-Western) Division parlimentary division Bartholomew
Newtown parish Bartholomew
NEWTOWN an extra-parochial place Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Chichester.

Place Type of entry Source
KINGSHAM a detached part of Pancras parish Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Chichester within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex 9
William Cobbett July 30th to Aug. 2nd, 1823: Surrey, Sussex, and Hampshire 7
Celia Fiennes Buckinghamshire, Oxford and Chichester 7
Daniel Defoe Letter 2, Part 2: Canterbury and Sussex 5
Daniel Defoe Letter 2, Part 3: Hampshire and Surrey 3
William Cobbett Aug. 5th to 10th, 1823: Hampshire and Surrey 2
Robert Gammage On tramp in 1840, from London to the south coast 2
William Camden The Division of Britaine 1
William Camden Wiltshire and Hampshire 1
William Cobbett Oct. 23rd to 27th, 1825: Chilworth to Winchester 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 3, Part 3: From Exeter to Land's End 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 4, Part 1: North Cornwall and Devon 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 7, Part 1: Cheshire and North-West Midlands 1
Arthur Young Sections 20-21: Revenue, Taxes; Commerce, Fisheries, Embargoes 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
New Fishbourne 0 2
Rumboldswyke 0 2
Portfield 0 2
Sennicotts 0 2
Appledram 1 2
Westhampnett 0 2
Box and Stockbridge 0 2
Donnington 7 2
Hunston 1 2
Lavant 3 5
Oving 0 2
North Mundham 0 3
Goodwood 0 2
Bosham 6 3
Merston 0 2
Tangmere 0 2
West Stoke 0 2
Funtington 5 2
Halnaker 0 2
Boxgrove 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Chichester. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
BARTHOLOMEW ST John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CAERCEI William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CATHEDRAL CLOSE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CHICESTER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CHICHESTER John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CHICHESTER OR SOUTH WESTERN DIVISION John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
CHICHISTER Celia Fiennes Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1888).
CICESTRIA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CIRRAN CEASTER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CISSAN CEASTER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
NEWTOWN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
OTTER MEMORIAL John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST BARTHOLOMEW John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.