Chichester: Six Things You Might Not Know About the City
Eight facts about the town, each taken from Wikipedia and linked to its source.
A few facts about Chichester, paraphrased from its Wikipedia article (text available under CC BY-SA, retrieved 2026-10-03). Wikipedia can be edited by anyone, so check anything you plan to rely on.
The city centre sits on a Roman capital
Wikipedia says the city centre stands on the foundations of the Romano-British city of Noviomagus Reginorum, capital of the Civitas Reginorum.
The cathedral moved here from Selsey
According to the article, the cathedral founded at Selsey in 681 was moved to Chichester after the Norman Council of London of 1075.
Chichester Cross dates from 1501
The article describes Chichester Cross as a buttercross built in 1501 as a covered marketplace.
The city was besieged in the Civil War
Wikipedia says that at Christmas 1642, during the First English Civil War, Chichester was besieged and St Pancras church was destroyed by gunfire.
The military depot became Roussillon Barracks
A military depot was established in the city in 1795 and, per the article, was named the Roussillon Barracks in 1958.
The county library on Tower Street is from 1967
Wikipedia says a new West Sussex county library was built in Tower Street in 1967, designed by county architect F. R. Steele.
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