Catalogue description CHICHESTER HARBOUR

The records relate in the main to the present century prior to the establishment of the Conservancy, and deal principally with the administration and management of Chichester Harbour by the Corporation. They include papers relating to the various schemes for the reorganisation and rationalisation of harbour management and to the opposition engendered amongst interests dependent upon the harbour. During this period the commercial use of the harbour was relatively slight, but some of the earlier records, copies of documents produced as evidence in legal disputes, do throw some light on the economic exploitation of the harbour, canal, and canal basin

The basis of arranging the records is essentially that adopted by the Corporation. Originally files were arranged on a simple numerical basis, but ultimately a system of classification was introduced on an archival basis. This system of classification has been retained, and files from the original series incorporated within it, and reference should be made to the key list which follows for any divergencies in numeration. The information is given as follows: WSRO ref; last Corporation ref; original Corporation ref; any other information

HC/1/1/1; HR1/1/1; HR75

HC/1/1/2; HR1/1/2; HR104

HC/1/1/3; HR1/1/3; HR74

-; HR1/1/4; -; for destruction

-; HR1/1/5; -; for destruction

-; HR1/1/6; -; for destruction

HC/1/1/4; -; HR24

HC/1/2/1; HR1/2/1; HR116

HC/1/2/2; HR1/2/2; HR116/2

HC/1/2/3; HR1/2/4; HR116/2

HC/1/2/4; HR1/2/3; HR116/1

HC/1/3/1; HR1/3/1; HR24a, 76/1

HC/1/3/2; HR1/3/2; -

HC/1/3/3; HR1/3/3; -

HC/1/3/4; HR1/3/4; HR76/3

HC/1/3/5; -; -

HC/1/3/6; -; -

HC/1/3/7; HR1/3/5; -

HC/1/3/8; -; HR76/2

HC/1/4/1; -; -

HC/1/4/2; -; -

HC/1/4/3; HR1/4/1; HR87

HC/1/5/1; HR1/5/1; HR55/6

HC/1/5/2; HR1/5/2; HR55/7

HC/1/5/3; HR1/5/3; HR55/4

HC/1/5/4; HR1/5/4; HR55/6

HC/1/5/5; HR1/5/5; -

HC/1/6/1; HR1/6/1; HR55

HC/1/7/1; -; -

HC/1/7/2; -; HR103/1, 103 Pt 11

HC/1/7/3; HR1/7/1; HR80/2,103 Pt 1

HC/1/7/4; HR1/7/2; -

HC/1/7/5; HR1/7/3; -

HC/1/7/6;-; -; Old Ref: W.S.R. Harbour Conservancy Records 1, 2

HC/1/7/7; HR1/7/4; -

HC/1/8/1; HR1/8/1; HR4, 69A, 69B

HC/1/8/2; HR1/8/2; HR69/2-15

HC/1/8/3; HR1/8/3; HR69/1

HC/1/8/4; -; HR2

HC/1/9/1; -; HR42

HC/1/9/2; HR1/9/1; HR102, 20/1

HC/1/10/1; -; -

HC/1/11/1; -; -

HC/1/11/2; -; -

HC/1/11/3; -; -; Old Ref: W.S.R. Harbour Conservancy Records 3

HC/1/12/1; -; HR70

HC/2/1/1; HR2/1/1; HR91

HC/2/1/2; HR2/1/2; -

HC/2/1/3; HR2/1/3; -

HC/2/2/1; HR2/2/1; HR31

HC/2/2/2; HR2/2/2; -

HC/2/3; HR2/2/3; -

-; HR2/2/4; -; For destruction

-; HR2/2/5; -; For destruction

HC/2/2/4; -; HR80

HC/2/2/5; HR2/2/6; -

HC/2/2/6; -; HR44

HC/2/2/7; -; HR13

HC/3/1/1; HR3/1/1; HR15/1, 15/2

HC/3/1/2; HR3/1/2; -

HC/3/1/3; -; HR15/1

HC/3/2/1; HR3/2/1; HR16

HC/3/2/2; HR3/2/2; -

HC/3/3/1; HR3/3/1; HR25

HC/3/3/2; HR3/3/2; -

HC/3/3/3; HR3/3/3; HR25/12

HC/3/3/4; HR3/3/4; HR25/7

HC/3/3/5; HR3/3/5; HR25/9

HC/3/3/6; HR3/3/6; HR43

HC/3/3/7; HR3/3/7; -

HC/3/3/8; HR3/3/8; HR51

HC/3/3/9; HR3/3/9; -

HC/3/3/10; HR3/3/10; HR58

HC/3/3/11; HR3/3/11; -

HC/3/3/12; HR3/3/12; HR51

HC/3/3/13; HR3/3/13; HR25/22

HC/3/3/14; HR3/3/14; HR68

HC/3/3/15; -; -

HC/3/3/16; -; HR25/8

HC/3/3/17; -; HR25/10

HC/3/3/18; -; -

HC/3/3/19; -; HR25/16

HC/3/3/20; -; HR25/17

HC/3/3/21; -; HR67

HC/3/3/22; -; HR114

HC/3/3/23; -; HR25/11

HC/3/4/1; HR3/4/1; HR50

HC/3/4/2; HR3/4/2; -

HC/3/5/1; HR3/5/1; -

HC/3/6/1; -; HR51, 72, 100

HC/4/1/1; HR4/1/1; HR37, etc.; Duplicates for destruction

HC/4/1/2; HR4/1/2; -

HC/4/1/3; HR4/1/3; -

-; HR4/1/4; -; For destruction

HC/4/1/4; HR4/1/5; HR42/2, 42/3

HC/4/1/5; -; HR30/88, HR42/1 (pt.1)

HC/4/2/1; HR4/2/1; HR7D, 7F

HC/4/3/1; HR4/3/1; HR59

HC/4/3/2; HR4/3/2; HR78, 115

HC/4/4/1; HR4/4/1, 4/4/2; HR39, 77

HC/4/5/1; HR4/5/1; -

HC/4/5/2; HR4/5/2; HR33/3

HC/4/6/1; HR4/6/1; HR98

HC/4/6/2; -; HR57

HC/5/1/1; HR5/1/1; HR35

HC/5/1/2; -; HR63

HC/5/1/3; -; HR86

HC/5/2/1; HR5/2/1; HR25, 25/26

HC/5/2/2; HR5/2/2; HR25/27

HC/5/2/3; HR5/2/3; HR25/29

HC/5/2/4; HR5/2/4; HR25/30

HC/5/2/5; HR5/2/5; -

HC/5/2/6; HR5/2/6; -

HC/5/2/7; HR5/2/7; -

HC/5/2/8; HR5/2/8; HR58

HC/5/2/9; -; HR25/14a

HC/5/2/10; -; HR25/15

HC/5/2/11; -; HR25/18

HC/5/2/12; -; HR25/19

HC/5/2/13; -; HR25/20

HC/5/2/14; -; HR25/21

HC/5/2/15; -; HR25/23

HC/5/2/16; -; HR25/24

HC/5/2/17; -; HR25/25

HC/5/2/18; -; HR21/1

HC/5/2/19; -; HR96

HC/5/2/20; -; HR88

HC/5/2/21; -; HR90

HC/5/2/22; -; HR107

HC/5/2/23; -; HR82

HC5/2/24; -; -

-; HR5/3/1; -; For destruction

HC/5/3/1; HR5/3/2; HR109

HC/5/3/2; -; HR43/1

HC/5/4/1; HR5/4/1; HR101

HC/5/5/1; -; HR45

HC/5/5/2; -; HR85

HC/6/1/1; HR6/1/1; HR70/1; File 70/1 missing

HC/6/1/2; HR6/1/2; HR110

HC/6/1/3; HR6/1/3; HR18

HC/6/1/4; HR6/1/4; -

HC/6/1/5; -; -

HC/6/1/6; -; -

HC/6/2/1; HR6/2/1; HR64A; File 64A missing

HC/6/2/2; HR6/2/2; HR64

HC/6/2/3; -; HR92

HC/6/3/1; HR6/3/1; HR48, 83

HC/6/3/2; -; HR12

HC/6/3/3; -; HR10

HC/6/3/4; -; HR26/1

HC/6/4/1; HR6/4/1; HR99

HC/6/4/2; -; HR97

HC/6/4/3; -; HR30

HC/6/5/1; HR6/5/1; HR118

HC/6/6/1; HR6/6/1; HR105

HC/6/7/1; HR6/7/1; HR108

HC/6/8/1; HR6/8/1; HR89

HC/6/9/1; -; -

HC/6/10/1; -; -

HC/7/1/1; HR7/1/1; HR79, 79A

HC/7/2/1; HR7/2/1; HR8

HC/7/2/2; -; HR8/1

HC/7/2/3; -; HR95

HC/7/2/4; -; HR26

HC/7/3/1; HR7/3/1; HR7E

HC/7/3/2; -; HR7C

HC/7/4/1; HR7/4/1; HR94

HC/7/4/2; -; HR21

HC/7/5/1; HR7/5/1; HR111

HC/7/6/1; HR7/6/1; -

HC/7/7/1; -; HR11

HC/8/1/1; -; -

HC/8/2/1; -; -

HC/8/3/1; -; -

HC/8/4/1; -; HR7

HC/8/5/1; -; HR3,7A,7B,7/2

-; -; HR7/3,14,93

HC/9/1/1; -; HR6,26,26A,26/5, HR26/6,34

HC/9/1/2; -; HR1

HC/9/1/3; -; HR29

HC/9/1/4; -; HR65

HC/9/2/1; -; HR40,40/1, HR40/3,40/4

HC/9/2/2; -; HR40/2,40/5,66

HC/10/1/1; -; HR16

HC/10/2/1; -; -

HC/10/3/1; -; HR106

HC/10/4/1; -; HR113

HC/10/5/1; -; HR16

HC/11/1/1; -; -

HC/11/2/1; -; -; 15/4; 15/4 A-E

HC/11/3/1; -; -; PK 5/2,4,11, 12,15,16,22

Chichester Harbour Conservancy

Records are open for Consultation unless otherwise indicated

Records deposited in the West Sussex Record Office, by Captain I.S.S. MacKay R.N., Harbour Master's Office, West Itchenor, on 2 March 1977

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The responsibility for the administration and management of Chichester Harbour was originally vested in the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Chichester, and the rights of the Corporation to act as local harbour authority and the limits of their powers were vested in royal charters and confirmations going back at least to the reign of Elizabeth I

The need to formalise the authority of the Corporation over the harbour, and to reorganise harbour administration and management, became increasingly apparent, and in 1937-38 the Corporation sought to re-affirm its rights over the harbour in the Chichester Corporation Bill

Further attempts were made to rationalise the administration of the harbour in the 1960's, and in 1971 the Chichester Harbour Conservancy Act set up a new authority to control the harbour. This body, known as the Chichester Harbour Conservancy, was vested with the powers formerly undertaken, in respect of the port of Chichester, by the Harbour Committee of the City Council, and, in respect of the harbour at Emsworth, by the Urban District Council of Havant and Waterloo. Its basic functions are to conserve, maintain, and improve the harbour, for the use of pleasure craft and other small craft, and the amenity area, for the pursuit of leisure and recreation and the conservation of nature

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