Some casual relics of antiquity in Chichester, by L. B. Ellis, published 1955 (16 pp., Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
Chichester Papers Nos 1-51 (With indexes), by Francis W. Steer, published 1955 (Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Bishop Edward Story and the Chichester Cross, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1955 (Chichester Papers no. 1, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Review by H. J. [H. Johnstone] in Sussex Notes and Queries, May 1956:The first in the official series to be known as "Chichester Papers" suggest a future bright with promise. The general editor, Mr. Steer, County Archivist for both East and West Sussex, knows intimately the material available for historians, antiquarians and others, the extent to which it has been utilised, and the most recent results obtained. He begins the first Paper with the remark "Chichester is a city of surprises." It is, indeed, in many senses. When Paper 1 was on its way through the press, for example, definitive evidence as to the exact date of Bishop Story's death suddenly emerged - just in time to be printed as a postscript. The monographs are uniform in size, printed in good type on good paper, and easy of reference because the stout paper cover is in each case of a different colour. There is plenty still to discover, and every hope of conditions favourable to such further additions to knowledge.
The Grey Friars in Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1955 (Chichester Papers no. 2, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Chichester City Charters, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1956 (Chichester Papers no. 3, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Chichester Theatre, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1956 (Chichester Papers no. 9, 11 pp. & 4 leaves of plates, Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
Chichester as the Romans called it, by Edward Done, published 1957 (Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16239/7] & West Sussex Libraries
The archaeology of Chichester city walls, by A. E. Wilson, published 1957 (Chichester papers, no. 6, 16 pp., Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
The Chichester Canal, by F. D. Heneghan, published 1958 (Chichester City County) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Heraldic Ceiling at the Bishop's Palace, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1958 (Chichester Papers no. 10, 11 pp. & 4 leaves of plates, Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
The Chichester Canal, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1958 (Chichester Papers no. 11, Chichester City Council)
The Vicar's Hall, Chichester and its Undercroft, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1958 (Chichester Papers no. 12, 8 pp. & 4 leaves of plates, Chichester City Council) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
Chichester and Chartres, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 13, Chichester City Council)
Chichester Cathedral in the 19th century, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 14, Chichester City Council)
The Royal West Sussex Hospital: The First Hundred Years, 1784-1884, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 15, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Robert Sherburne - Bishop of Chichester: Some aspects of his life reconsidered, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 16, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Some Chichester Tradesmen: 1652-1839, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 17, booklet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17220][Lib 16240/7] & West Sussex Libraries
A Selection of Chichester doorways, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 18, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Providence Chapel, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 19, Chichester City Council)
The Lancastrian School for Girls, 1812-1926, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1960 (Chichester Papers no. 26, Chichester City Council)
Changing Chichester, by Mervyn James Cutten and Francis W. Steer, published 1961 (Chichester Papers no. 24, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16241/4] & West Sussex Libraries
The Dolphin and Anchor Hotel, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1961 (Chichester Papers no. 23, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Market House, Chichester, by Francis William Steer, published 1962 (Chichester Papers no. 27, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Chichester Literary and Philosophical Society and Mechanics' Institute 1831-1924, by Francis William Steer, published 1962 (Chichester Papers no. 29, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Bishops of Chichester, 1075-1207. Biographical Notes and Problems, by Henry Mayr-Harting and Francis W. Steer, published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 40, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2927][Lib 8212/1] & West Sussex Libraries
Roman military works near Chichester, by William Sabatier and edited by F. W. Steer, published 1963 (pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2929] & West Sussex Libraries
The Chichester Needle Industry, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 31, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Dr. John Bayly of Chichester, by Francis W. Steer and Richard Robertson Trail, published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 34, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2921] & West Sussex Libraries
Church of St. John the Evangelist, Chichester 1813-1963, by Francis William Steer, published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 35, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The City Club, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, F.S.A., published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 36, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2923] & West Sussex Libraries
Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, published 1963 (Chichester Papers no. 39, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Some Inns and Alehouses of Chichester, by M. J. Cutten, published 1964 (pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2934] & West Sussex Libraries
The Corporation of St Pancras, Chichester, by Francis W Steer, published 1964 (Chichester Papers no. 42, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2930] & West Sussex Libraries
Chichester Cathedral Library, by Francis W. Steer and G. L. Remnant, published 1964 (Chichester Papers no. 44, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2932] & West Sussex Libraries
The Epitaph Book of William Hayley (1745-1820), by Noel H. Osborne, published 1965 (Chichester papers no. 49, 17 pp., Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2937] & West Sussex Libraries
Index to Chichester Papers, Nos. 41-50, by Francis W. Steer, published 1966 (Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Eric Gill Memorial Collection, A Catalogue, edited by Noel H. Osborne, published 1967 (Chichester papers no. 51, Chichester City Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Council House, Chichester, by Francis W. Steer, published 1977 (Chichester Papers no. 53, pamphlet, Chichester City Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 6632] & West Sussex Libraries
The Archaeology of Chichester and District, 1992, published 1992 (Chichester District Council)
Midhurst, by John Magilton and Spencer Thomas, published 2001 (148 pp., Chichester District Council, ISBN-10: 0850170052 & ISBN-13: 9780850170054) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Chichester Council House, by Barry Fletcher, published 1 May 2002 (booklet, iv + 53 pp., Chichester City Council, ISBN-10: 0954225201 & ISBN-13: 9780954225209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14810] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries
Fernhurst Furnace, and other Industrial Sites in the Western Weald, by John Magilton, published 2003 (Chichester District Council, ISBN-10: 0850170133 & ISBN-13: 9780850170139) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14994] & West Sussex Libraries
Chichester City Walls, by Andrew Westman, published 2012 (124 pp., Chichester District Council, ISBN-10: 0957301804 & ISBN-13: 9780957301801) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Review by David RRudkin in Sussex Past & Present no. 130, August 2013:For anyone with an interest in urban defences and those of Chichester in particular, this excellent publication will be greeted with great pleasure.
Chichester can boast the most intact circuit of Roman town defences in southern England with 80% still standing in some form. However, they have had a chequered history which has been a cycle of care when there has been a threat of attack, or when their civic amenity has been recognised, and wilful neglect when the threat has gone away or better access through the walls was required.
Happily, the city walls are receiving more tender loving care today than in the past, thanks largely to the City Walls Project, created by the City Walls Partnership, a like-minded group of organisations with an interest in the walls and their care, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It was this group that commissioned Museum of London Archaeology to produce Chichester City Walls, involving a considerable amount of documentary research and the generous help of local archaeologists and archivists with long involvement in the archaeology and history of the city.
It was a revelation to read that there have now been fifty recorded archaeological interventions into the defences since the first in 1885. This was the uncovering of the foundations of one of the bastions of the South West quadrant. It seems very appropriate that the fiftieth intervention was also the uncovering of the foundations of a nearby bastion which had been revealed by geophysical survey.
The author, Andrew Westman, looks at almost two millennia of history, beginning with the positioning of the original town in relation to the road system and noting that evidence found in 2010 may indicate the existence of the original pomarium, or boundary ditch. The construction of the defensive ditches, banks, walls and gateways occurred considerably later in the latter half of the 3rd century AD, with the bastions probably added in the mid 4th century AD.
For the next 500 years the town was virtually abandoned and its walls left to decay, until they were adapted to form an Anglo-Saxon burgh in the 870s AD. After this there followed periods of neglect and repair including their bombardment by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. Later it was proposed to demolish them completely in case they were taken by the French. Fortunately this didn't happen and their future became slightly more secure as their amenity value was recognised.
This is an invaluable study of the city walls to date, but recent investigations of potential bastion sites has demonstrated that there is still more to be learned.
Chichester can boast the most intact circuit of Roman town defences in southern England with 80% still standing in some form. However, they have had a chequered history which has been a cycle of care when there has been a threat of attack, or when their civic amenity has been recognised, and wilful neglect when the threat has gone away or better access through the walls was required.
Happily, the city walls are receiving more tender loving care today than in the past, thanks largely to the City Walls Project, created by the City Walls Partnership, a like-minded group of organisations with an interest in the walls and their care, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
It was this group that commissioned Museum of London Archaeology to produce Chichester City Walls, involving a considerable amount of documentary research and the generous help of local archaeologists and archivists with long involvement in the archaeology and history of the city.
It was a revelation to read that there have now been fifty recorded archaeological interventions into the defences since the first in 1885. This was the uncovering of the foundations of one of the bastions of the South West quadrant. It seems very appropriate that the fiftieth intervention was also the uncovering of the foundations of a nearby bastion which had been revealed by geophysical survey.
The author, Andrew Westman, looks at almost two millennia of history, beginning with the positioning of the original town in relation to the road system and noting that evidence found in 2010 may indicate the existence of the original pomarium, or boundary ditch. The construction of the defensive ditches, banks, walls and gateways occurred considerably later in the latter half of the 3rd century AD, with the bastions probably added in the mid 4th century AD.
For the next 500 years the town was virtually abandoned and its walls left to decay, until they were adapted to form an Anglo-Saxon burgh in the 870s AD. After this there followed periods of neglect and repair including their bombardment by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War. Later it was proposed to demolish them completely in case they were taken by the French. Fortunately this didn't happen and their future became slightly more secure as their amenity value was recognised.
This is an invaluable study of the city walls to date, but recent investigations of potential bastion sites has demonstrated that there is still more to be learned.