Present by 1671. In 1910 it merged with the Anchor next door to become the Dolphin & Anchor. **
Chichester pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Chichester, Sussex . The Chichester, Sussex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Dolphin Hotel, West Street - in July 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Dolphin & Anchor, West Street, Chichester - in May 2014
Kindly provided by David Fisher
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1755/William Castles/../../../Property documents held at West Sussex Records
Office **
1823/John Hudson/../../../Pigot’s Sussex Directory **
1843/William Ballard/../../../Mortgage documents held at West Sussex Records
Office **
1851/William Ballard/../../../P.O. Directory **
1855/William Ballard/../../../P.O. Directory **
1882/G Ballard - deceased/../../../Notebooks of Inventories and Valuations,
held at west Sussex Records Office **
1905/Charles E Fearn/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
Additionally, a mortgage document of 1843 held at West Sussex Records Office
lists previous occupants of the Dolphin as Willoughby Rhoads, John Tupper,
John Parsons, James Binstead and John Hudson. **
1911/William Worster/Hotel Manager/49/Victoria, London/Census
1911/Ada Mornington Worster/Wife, Hotel Manageress/44/Dulwich, London/Census
1911/Dorothy Mornington Worster/Daughter/15/Putney, Surrey/Census
1911/Phillip Thomas Worster/Son/12/Kingston, Surrey/Census
1911/Edith Higgins/Barmaid/31/Hyde, Cheshire/Census
1911/Ellen Didwell/Cook, Widow/40/Wymondham, Norfolk/Census
1911/William Clubb/Kitchen Porter/68/Sudbury, suffolk/Census
1911/William Bedford/Waiter/52/Chichester, Sussex/Census
1911/Fritz Charles Coppe/Waiter/30/Hohenmolsen, Saxony/Census
1911/Hans Webler/Waiter/18/Peilstein Neuhojehen, Bavaria/Census
1911/Elizabeth Compion/Staffmaid, Widow/53/Amersham, Buckinghamshire/Census
1911/Emily Bryant/Chambermaid/38/Aberhenfig, Glamorgab/Census
1911/Kate Morris/Chambermaid/33/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1911/Maud Louisa Lankford/Barmaid/21/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1911/Frank Holloway/Porter/22/Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire/Census
1911/Frederick George Hole/Porter/29/Croxton, Norfolk/Census
1911/Mary A Manville/Visitor/58/Stepney, London/Census
1911/Georgina W Hertslet/Visitor/65/Kensington/Census
1911/Fletcher O'Hara/Visitor, Butcher, Widow/63/Eastbourne/Census
1938/Trust House Ltd/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
** Provided By Stephen Harris