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Definition: Chichester from Philip's Encyclopedia

County town of West Sussex, S England. It is a market centre for the surrounding agricultural region and has a sheltered harbour. There are Roman remains, a Norman cathedral, and a modern theatre. An annual drama festival is held here. Pop. (2001) 106,445.

Chichester

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and market town and administrative headquarters of West Sussex , southern England, 111 km/69 mi southwest of London; population (2001) 27,500. It lies in an agricultural area, and has a harbour. It was a Roman town, Noviomagus Regnensium , and the nearby ruin of Fishbourne Palace (about AD 80) is one of the finest Roman archeological sites outside Italy. It has a cathedral which is mainly Norman, and the Chichester Festival Theatre (1962). Chichester has become a cultural centre, with an annual arts festival in July. Goodwood Park racecourse is nearby to the north. Features The street plan laid down by the Romans is still evident, and the city walls, built on Roman foundations, survive. A carved-stone octagon was erected as the market cross in 1501 in the centre of the city at the crossing point of the four main streets. The city has many Georgian red-brick buildings, and other features include the 13th-century St Mary's Hospital, the Guildhall, and Pallant House Gallery, which is…
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Full text Article Chichester

From Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Probably ‘Cissa's Roman town’, OE male personal name Cissa + CHESTER . A cathedral city and harbour town on the south coast of England, the county town of WEST SUSSEX , about 30 km (19 miles) west of Worthing and 20 km (12 miles) northeast of Portsmouth. The site was occupied by the Romans soon…
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Full text Article Chichester

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
City and market town and administrative headquarters of West Sussex , southern England, 111 km/69 mi southwest of London; population (2001) 27,500. It lies in an agricultural area, and has a harbour. It was a Roman town, Noviomagus Regnensium , and the nearby ruin of Fishbourne Palace (about AD 80) …
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Full text Article Chichester

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(chĭ'chĭstӘr), city and district (1991 pop. 26,050), West Sussex, S England. Chichester is an agricultural, retailing, and yachting center and the administrative seat of West Sussex. It has some light industry. Once the Regnum of the Romans, the town was conquered by Ælla and his sons, who landed…
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Full text Article Chichester-Clark, James, Lord Moyola.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
(1923–2002). Prime minister of Northern Ireland. Chichester-Clark, like his predecessor Terence *O'Neill , from a landed background, was Unionist chief whip in the Stormont Parliament (1963–6), leader of the House of Commons (1966–7), and minister of agriculture (1967–9). He deftly united support…
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Full text Article Chichester, Arthur (1563-1625)

From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
English soldier and viceroy of Ireland. He was born in Devon, England, and came to Ireland as a professional soldier with ESSEX in 1597 after a stormy early career (he had assaulted a tax off cial while at Oxford c. 1583 and took part in the defeat of the Armada). Appointed constable of…
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Full text Article Chichester, Arthur, 1st Baron.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
[I] (1563–1625). Lord deputy of Ireland. Chichester came from a Devon family, his mother being a Courtenay of Powderham. After serving against the Armada and taking part in the expedition against Cadiz in 1596, he went to Ireland and was appointed governor of Carrickfergus. In 1604 he was made lord…
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Ferme en foy -Firm in faith
Sir JAMES HENRY EDWARD CHICHESTER , 12th Baronet ; b 15 Oct 1951; s his father, Capt Sir EDWARD JOHN , 2007; ed Eton; patron of one living: m 1990, Margaret Anne, only da of late Maj John Walkelyne Chandos-Pole, JP, DL, of Radbourne Hall, Derbys, and has issue. Arms — Checky or and gules, a chief…
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Full text Article Chichester Roman.

From The Oxford Companion to British History
The civitas-capital of the *Reg(i)ni ; its Roman name was Noviomagus. Lying within the area of the possible late Iron Age oppidum defined by the Chichester entrenchments, after a brief military occupation the Roman town developed early. This can be ascribed to the influence of the pro-Roman king…
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Full text Article Chichester, Captain Thomas

From Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters
A Special Air Services Regiment officer in contemporary Northern Ireland, Chichester is disguised as a farm-worker and Irish nationalist, labouring on a farm near the Irish border while plotting the assassination of O'Rourke, a Republican. Chichester is a maverick, a romantic intellectual, pondering…
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Full text Article CHICHESTER CLARK, Emma (1955– )

From The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
An established British illustrator who has collaborated with authors such as Michael *Morpurgo , Roald *Dahl , and Margaret *Mahy . Chichester Clark studied at the Royal Academy of Art (1980–3) under Quentin *Blake and Michael *Foreman . In 1988, she won the Mother Goose Award for the most exciting…
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