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Upcoming talks at Chichester Records Office

Want to know more about the Elizabethan or Victorian times in Chichester?

These upcoming talks at Chichester Records Office (located in Orchard Street) may be of interest.

The material culture of life in Elizabethan Chichester

Join us for this fascinating talk by historian and archivist Dr Caroline Adams

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/765631342957]

Poster for Record Office event - The material culture of Elizabethan life in Chichester - 26 March 2024

What did the Victorians do for Chichester?

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

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.

Along the way the movers and shakers of the day will be met.

The talk will last up to an hour, with an opportunity to ask questions (via the chat box for our remote audience).

Venue: West Sussex Record Office, 3 Orchard Street, Chichester PO19 1DD

Date: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Time: 7pm

Tickets: £8.00 (attending in-person, £7.00 for West Sussex Archives Society members); £5.00 (attending remotely via Zoom)

Booking: To attend in person, please ring 01243 753602 to book and pay; to attend online, please book via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/726791361527]

Poster for Record Office event - What did the Victorians do for Chichester? - 30 April 2024
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