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CAR LEASING CHICHESTER
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Chichester Leasing
Did You Know?When the Domesday Book was first compiled in 1086, Chichester consisted of just 300 dwellings and a population of 1,500 people. In 2016 the Office for National Statistics estimated that the growing Chichester District population now stands at around 118,175 people. In Roman Times, Chichester was the regional capital and known as Noviomagus Reginorum meaning ‘new fields’. In Roman Chichester rich people lived in houses with glass windows, mosaic floors, painted murals on their walls and even a form of central heating called a hypocaust. Of course, most people were very poor and had none of these things. In 1501 Bishop Storey erected Chichester market cross. If you wanted to sell goods at the market you had to pay a toll. There were some poor peasants who only had a few eggs or a few vegetables to sell. The bishop said anyone could sell things at the market and not pay a toll provided they could stand under the cross. There is a story that when Queen Elizabeth visited Chichester she said: 'it is a little London' and one of the streets in the town has been called that ever since. It isn't true as Little London is shown on 15th century maps. It may have got its name because merchants from London lived and worked there. In 1578 the streets of Chichester were paved for the first time by an Act of Parliament. Chichester is a Fairtrade City. Suppliers of Fairtrade are shown by a green dot in the web directory. Chichester is home to the South Downs Planetarium & Science Centre, which opened in 2001 and features a program of public star shows in its 100-seat theatre.
THE CHICHESTER CAR LEASING SPECIALIST Smart Lease is a trading name of Leaseline Vehicle Management Ltd. We reserve the right to withdraw any offer, service or price without notice. Errors and omissions excepted. |
