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Hace 3 días · Hampshire's county town is Winchester, a historic city that was once the capital of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and of England until the Norman conquest of England. The port cities of Southampton and Portsmouth were split off as independent unitary authorities in 1997, although they are still included in Hampshire for ceremonial ...
- Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Type of constituency. Borough constituency. During its...
- Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)
Hace 2 días · Angels crown Cnut as he and Emma of Normandy (Ælfgifu) present a large gold cross to Hyde Abbey in Winchester. From the New Minster Liber Vitae in the British Library. Cnut's actions as a conqueror and his ruthless treatment of the overthrown dynasty had made him uneasy with the Church.
Hace 2 días · The French Revolution brought more than 8,000 French bishops and clergy to England, and some 660 French priests were lodged in the King's House at Winchester, where 'they were wont to chaunt their office together … and … their voices could be heard as a mighty wave of sound all over the city.' However, in 1796 a large central ...
Hace 2 días · Winchester City Mill has stood at the heart of the historic city of Winchester, the capital of King Alfred’s Wessex, since at least Saxon times. With a history of over 1000 years, Winchester City Mill is one of the oldest watermills in the UK.
Hace 3 días · Map of Winchester and its Environs. The County Series maps at scale 1:2500 for Winchester and its environs, including Littleton and Chilcomb. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 Epoch 1. Originally published by Ordnance Survey, Southampton, 1869-1890. This free content was digitised by scanning.
Hace 4 días · Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade.
