A Saxon Naval Base in Chichester Harbour
Philip MacDougall
- Region:
- South East
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Semi-professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £65 + reasonable travel over 10 miles
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 15th November 2017
- Tagged:
- 1066 | Local History | Medieval | Norman Conquest
Bosham, Chidham, Southbourne and Thorney Island were all once part of a Saxon naval base in Chichester Harbour. The evidence is there and local author and historian Dr Philip MacDougall will tell the story of this important facility and reveal the exact site of the harbour in this talk. Philip, a local parish councillor in the area, has written a number of books on the subject of naval dockyards both in this country and elsewhere and will bring his expertise to the subject of this local dockyard that once served the royal fleet of King Harold.
Views: 1670 | Enquiries: 6About Philip MacDougall
Philip MacDougall is a much-published local historian who has written several books on subjects relating to the south of England with books published on Chichester, the Medway Towns, and Portsmouth. His more specialised interest is naval dockyards and navies of the 18th century. Among his most recent books are detailed studies of the former royal dockyards of Portsmouth and Chatham with other books on the Russian and Ottoman navies. His current fee for a standard talk is £80 plus travel.
Other Talks on SpeakerNet by Philip MacDougall
- Chatham Dockyard: The Rise and Fall of a Military Industrial Complex
- If War Should Come: Defence Preparations on the South Coast, 1935-1939
- London and the Georgian Navy
- Murders and Misdemeanours in Chichester
- A Factory at War (Chichester)
- Portsmouth Dockyard – Once the Largest Dockyard in the World
- Spies and Saboteurs: German Covert Operations against Portsmouth Dockyard
- Spies and Saboteurs: German Covert Operations in the Medway Towns
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