Medieval bones found in West Sussex city

Henry Bryant
By Henry Bryant

Video Journalist

Published 5th Sep 2024, 10:22 BST
Updated 8th Sep 2024, 14:53 BST
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ST JOHNS STREET CHICHESTER BONES FIND
The human bones were found in the centre of the West Sussex city on Tuesday, September 3. Police say they date back over 400 years.

On St John’s Street, just off from East Street, Police had been on the scene of road works. This is due to reports of human bones found as workers on the site were digging up the road to carry out repairs.

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A Chichester resident told Sussex World that ‘police had been guarding the site for a number of hours into the morning’ from Tuesday, September 3 to Wednesday, September 4.

Sussex World had approaches the police for a statement on the matter.

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ST JOHNS STREET CHICHESTER BONES FIND

On Thursday, September 5, a statement for Sussex Police read: “Police were called to the discovery of human bones during roadworks in St John’s Street, Chichester at around 1.40pm on Tuesday (3 September).

"Following an assessment from the local authority, the bones are believed to date back to the 16th century and there are no suspicious circumstances.”

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