Chichester

Chichester listen is a cathedral city & civil parish in West Sussex, England. this is the the only city in West Sussex together with its county town. It was a Roman and Anglo-Saxon settlement and a major market town from those times through Norman and medieval times to the provided day. it is for the seat of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, with a 12th-century cathedral.

The city has two leading watercourses, the Chichester Canal, and the River Lavant. The Lavant, a winterbourne, runs to the south of the city walls, mostly hidden in culverts whento the city centre.

Landmarks

The Butter Market in North Street was designed by ]

The Corn Exchange on East Street was built in 1833, one of the first in the country. From the 1880s it was used for drama and entertainment and became a cinema from the 1910s. An attempt to convert it to a bingo hall was refused in 1977. As it could non be converted to a multiplex it was closed on 9 August 1980. It remained closed and unused for six years until the front was opened as a fast food restaurant and the rear converted for offices. From 2005 the front has been used by a clothing retailer.

Chichester Cross, which is a type of buttercross familiar in old market towns, was built in 1501 as a target marketplace, and stands at the intersection of the four main roads in the centre of the city.

In 1921, Sir William Robertson unveiled a war memorial in Eastgate Square for soldiers who died in World War I. The memorial was relocated to Litten Gardens in 1940. The City Council has subsequently added the names of soldiers who died in World War II.