Chichester

Chich·es·ter

(chĭch′ĭ-stər)

A borough of southern England near the English Channel east of Southampton. Founded by the Romans, it was a major port in the Middle Ages.

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Chichester

(ˈtʃɪtʃɪstə)

(Placename) a city in S England, administrative centre of West Sussex: Roman ruins; 11th-century cathedral; Festival Theatre. Pop: 27 477 (2001)

Chichester

(ˈtʃɪtʃɪstə)

(Biography) Sir Francis. 1901–72, British yachtsman, who sailed alone round the world in Gipsy Moth IV (1966–67)

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West Sussex

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Chichester Erskine, author of a tragedy entitled 'The Patriot Martyrs,' dedicated with enthusiastic devotion to the Spirit of Liberty and half a dozen famous upholders of that principle, and denouncing in forcible language the tyranny of the late Tsar of Russia, Bomba of Naples, and Napoleon the Third?"

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The funeral pyre of Brighton is still blazing, and there is a very distant patch of scarlet in the western sky, which may mean trouble at Arundel or Chichester, possibly even at Portsmouth.

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Collins, born at Chichester, was an undergraduate at Oxford when he published 'Persian Eclogues' in rimed couplets to which the warm feeling and free metrical treatment give much of romantic effect.

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Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park Chichester West Sussex.

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BY METRO Chichester platform 2 will be closed until 8 July 2019, due to signalling constraints in place while building work on the new South Shields interchange takes place.

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CHICHESTER CITY LADIES 1 LOUGHBOROUGH FOXES WOMEN 3 LOUGHBOROUGH Foxes Women overturned a goal deficit to defeat second-placed Chichester City Ladies 3-1.

Foxes overcome an early deficit to beat Chichester

IF YOU Google Paul Chichester's name, you'll find very little information.

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The first phase of works - between Monday, October 1 and Saturday, November 3 - will see the line between South Shields and Chichester close for five weeks in both directions.