Four Priory Road

Four Priory Road A Seventeen hundreds cottage just inside the Roman walls of Chichester, opposite Priory Park. Sleeps4

This week 6 years ago we welcomed our first guests 🤗 🤗After completing extensive renovations on this seventeen hundreds ...
07/08/2026

This week 6 years ago we welcomed our first guests 🤗 🤗
After completing extensive renovations on this seventeen hundreds cottage.

Becoming the latest custodians, we thought it would be interesting to have a little look back on its past, discovering that the previous owner’s family had lived here for several decades. The family first moved here between the ten year censuses of 1871-1881. George (41), Caroline (40), three daughters (13,11,3), two sons (7,1) and a lodger (bearing in mind the property would have been smaller)!!
Census of 1881 showed George head of the family was a shoe-maker and a beer-housekeeper, basically a landlord and as it happened this was The Crab and Lobster which was just around the corner in St Martins Square (today now house number 12).
He sounded quite a character, as published in the Chichester Observer dated 14th December 1887, he the landlord of the Crab and Lobster was summoned for having his beer house open for the sale of intoxicating liquors during prohibited hours. The Bench considered this a bad case and they decided to fine the defendant £3 and 10s, cost, with an alternative of fourteen days imprisonment. The Bench also refused to grant time for the payment of the fine.
Census of 1891 now shows Caroline a widow, therefore she is head of the family and both sons and youngest daughter are still living with her. She is working as a laundress from Four Priory Road and probably taking in jobs from the local vicinity, maybe from inns and hotels.
Come the 1911 census Caroline is still the head of family, at 70 years of age and her occupation is a midwife now. Only her two sons live at home and are 38, 31 years old.
Jumping forward to 1939 register shows the youngest son of George and Caroline, Frederick, his wife Jessie and their son are now occupying the cottage. Eventually their son becoming the last family member to live here as he never married!




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Next week will see the world famous Qatar Goodwood Festival or for that certain generation ‘Glorious Goodwood’ 🏇🏇🏇Sat ...
25/07/2026

Next week will see the world famous Qatar Goodwood Festival or for that certain generation ‘Glorious Goodwood’ 🏇🏇🏇

Sat over looking the South Downs, it’s renowned for being one of the most beautiful racecourses. The highlight of British flat racing season, this five day festival welcomes the world’s best horses, jockeys and trainers, as well as attracting some famous faces who come to enjoy summer horse racing here in West Sussex…

This weekend we warmly welcome our regular race goers for their annual stay and wish them luck 🍀

🧲 28th July - 1st August Gates Open 11am

📍 PO18 0PS 4.8 miles from the cottage here



💫After last year’s massive success of the first Light Experience held here in the stunning Chichester Cathedral, a brand...
17/07/2026

💫After last year’s massive success of the first Light Experience held here in the stunning Chichester Cathedral, a brand new show will return again this Autumn ✴️✨

This immersive installation will come from renowned light and sound artists luxmuralis the theme ‘Illuminating Art’ a journey through centuries of artistic inspiration from the extravagance of Baroque, the texture/energy from the Impressionists, the development of Photography, through to Animation.

🌈 23rd - 31st October

ℹ️🎟️ chichestercathedral.org.uk



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✴️Chichester Fringe 2026 returns to venues across the city…Acts from West Sussex and beyond promise to deliver something...
22/05/2026

✴️Chichester Fringe 2026 returns to venues across the city…
Acts from West Sussex and beyond promise to deliver something for everyone this year, from a Street Performance Festival, Theatre, Music, Spoken Word, new for this year a Comedy Competition and lots more 🎶 Just checkout the Chichester Fringe Programme of events we have provided here 🔶🟣

Each venue have different capacity, so it’s recommended to secure tickets in advance or you can pay on the door💜

🗓️ 30th May - 14th June

🎟️ www.chichesterfringe.co.uk

Here up in the cathedral turret the Peregrine chicks are two weeks old today and with a great appetite are keeping their...
16/05/2026

Here up in the cathedral turret the Peregrine chicks are two weeks old today and with a great appetite are keeping their parents busy 🐦🐦

This year marks 25 years of peregrines nesting at the cathedral and in celebration already you can view a photo exhibition of them in the Cloisters Cafe along with a live we**am of current nest site on a tv screen.
Open Days are approaching with a book launch and photographic workshop…

📆Open Days 6th June - 5th July
On the South East Lawn of cathedral from Wednesdays - Sundays

For more on updates, blogs and we**ams - chichesterperegrines.co.uk

📖 Our diary for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ is now open plus Prices are Fixed at This Year’s Rates 🫶🏻📆 Dates were released last month f...
12/05/2026

📖 Our diary for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ is now open plus Prices are Fixed at This Year’s Rates 🫶🏻

📆 Dates were released last month for next year’s 84th Members’ Meeting here at the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit…. 🏁

10th - 11th April 2027

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Step into a Sussex springtime escape this May 🌸🌺🌸🌺Throughout May is National Walking Month and with over 3300km of foot...
23/04/2026

Step into a Sussex springtime escape this May 🌸🌺🌸🌺

Throughout May is National Walking Month and with over 3300km of footpaths, bridleways and byways in the National Park alone, there are plenty of trails to explore here.
We are a good base for all you ramblers, walkers or those who just appreciate the beautiful South of England 🔆🔆



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Journey back in time on the newest extension of the Centurion Way here on the outskirts of Chichester 🛤️Just align your ...
10/04/2026

Journey back in time on the newest extension of the Centurion Way here on the outskirts of Chichester 🛤️

Just align your vision with the images on these installations and experience how Singleton station once looked, you get a real sense of nostalgia…

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The county’s woodland floors have transformed into pockets of violet-blue and the scent is amazing 💜 💜 💜 Extre...
08/04/2026

The county’s woodland floors have transformed into pockets of violet-blue and the scent is amazing 💜 💜 💜



Extremely slow growing taking five or more years from seed to bloom. Did you know not keeping to pathways and trampling on them can cause long term damage, taking years for them to recover 😢 also they are protected and illegal to pick, uproot or destroy… 💜

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