Alan Green is a local historian, who will join us for our 6th September meeting when he will explore the life of Charles Crocker, the poet, born in Chichester. in 1797 to a poor family.
Alan Green writes and lectures widely on Chichester’s history and the art and architecture of Georgian Britain. He gives talks at the local Record Office. Alan was awarded an Honorary MA by the University of Chichester in 2022.
As well as conducting walks around his native city, he lectures widely on Georgian subjects and represents the Georgian Group on the Chichester Conservation Area Advisory Committee.
Some Local History Books by Alan H.J. Green
Charles Crocker: Chichester’s Forgotten Poet by Andrew Berriman, Alan H.J.Green, Richard Williamson. Ed. Alan H.J. Green. 2019, pbk, Chichester Local History Society, 36p
ISBN 1907852581, 9781907852589
The History of Chichester Canal 2006, 2nd edn., pbk, now in 3rd edn. The author, Alan Green, is a Chartered Civil Engineer.
Building of Georgian Chichester 2007, History Press Ltd., hardback, 224p
Five Little Churches of Chichester 2020, St Paul’s Church, Chichester Heritage Festival (2020) 140p (St Peter the Less, St Olave, St Martin in the Pigmarket, St Andrew Oxmarket, All Saints )
St John’s Chapel & the New Town History Press, Hardback, 2008
Chichester in the 1960’s. The History Press, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Glos, GL5 2QG; 01453 883300; www.thehistorypress.co.uk
The above books may be available in local bookshops and from the Novium shop.