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In the mid-1830s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a private company, known as the "Winchester Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a corn exchange for the town. [2] The site they selected was open ground which had been occupied by a garden known as "Forstersplace" in the 15th century.
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St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Winchester, England. It was built in 1924 and designed by Frederick Walters in the Gothic revival style. It is situated on Jewry Street, backing onto St Peter's Street, next to Milner Hall, in the centre of Winchester. It is a Grade II listed building.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district administered by Winchester City Council in Hampshire. Winchester Name Location Type Completed Date designated Grid ref. Geo-coordinates ...
Winchester (/ ˈ w ɪ n tʃ ɪ s t ər /, /-tʃ ɛ s-/) [2] [3] [4] is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, at the western end of the South Downs National Park, on the River Itchen.
The area that is now Winchester was first settled beginning in the 1640s, and was known as South Woburn. What is now the town center began as the site of a grist mill and bridge on the Aberjona River. The community remained largely agrarian until the Boston and Lowell Railroad was built through the area in 1835. This spurred immediate growth ...
A substantial part of the former County Gaol, rebuilt 1788 and 1803 of three storeys in Classical style, the predecessor of the present Winchester Prison and now converted to commercial use, survives in Jewry Street. [4] Winchester Prison was built between 1846 and 1850 to a Victorian radial design, with five 'spokes' radiating from a central ...
Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8RZ: Country: United Kingdom: Denomination: United Reformed and Methodist: Website: ucw.org.uk/ History; Former name(s) Winchester Congregational Church (to 1972) Winchester United Reformed Church (1972–1974) Status: Church: Founded: Late 17th century: Events: 1704: original chapel built on Parchment ...