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Encyclopedia > Chichester Canal

The Chichester Canal runs 6km from the sea at Chichester Harbour to Birdham through two locks. The canal was built in 1822 having taken three years to build. When completed the canal could take ships of up to 100 tons. The canal was never the success that had been hoped for however it survived until 1928 before being abandoned.


The canal is now undergoing restoration.




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The City of Chichester: General introduction | British History Online (11289 words)
Chichester stands at the extreme west of the county on the low coastal plain which lies along the south-west shore of Sussex.
Chichester, being the seat of the bishop, is the ecclesiastical centre of the diocese, and it is also the administrative centre for West Sussex.
The Chichester Barracks were built on the east side of the Broyle early in the 19th century, and near them is the West Sussex County Mental Hospital at Graylingwell, which is a large building designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and built 1895–7.
Town of Chichester, NH - History of Chichester (1117 words)
The original Chichester was much larger than today, but in 1782 the General Court allowed the northern part of Chichester to become the Town of Pittsfield, due to a dispute over where to locate the center of Town.
Chichester also supplied grain, beef cattle and other supplies by ox cart to Hampton for the Continental Army, and gave thirty pounds (approximately $150) and twenty heifers to every soldier returning to Chichester after the War.
Chichester’s population continued to decrease through the early part of the 1900’s, with only 15 men called to serve in World War I. In 1929, the population reached its lowest point since the Revolution – 509 people.
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