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NORTH GATE

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CHAPEL OF OUR LADY UPON NORTH GATE, CHAPEL OF ST MARY UPON NORTH GATE

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Fragment of was discovered, probably indicative of site of the North Gate of the Roman, and Mediaeval, city wall, recorded in building work. Documentary sources indicate that the upper storey of the gate contained a Chapel dedicated to St Mary. The gate was demolished in 1772.

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(SU86110521 sited from fig 2.1 authority 1

Excavations for a petrol storage tank on the east side of northgate between 1958 and 1960 under a garage forecourt exposed remains of stone walling which Dr A E Wilson concluded was the south-east corner of the Roman gate tower, adjoining the remains of the Roman wall on the East side of the Roman North gate. (1)

Additional references. In 1374 there is a reference to the Chapel of St Mary, or our Lady, upon North Gate which was in the upper storey of the gate. Speed's map of 1610 shows an upper storey to the Gate which may represent the secularised fabric of this chapel.(2-4)

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(1) General reference

Chichester Excavations 1 1971 Chichester Civic Society Excavations Committee 7 (A Down and M Rule)

(2) Sussex Archaeological Society Sussex archaeological collections : relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex

A E Wilson 100, 1962 Page(s)75-7

(3) Sussex Archaeological Society Sussex archaeological collections : relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex

A Down 106, 1968 Page(s)122

(4) Sussex Archaeological Society Sussex archaeological collections : relating to the history and antiquities of the counties of East and West Sussex

74, 1933 Page(s)93

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