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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.
Winchester (/ ˈ w ɪ n tʃ ɪ s t ər /), [2] or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.. The district is named after its main settlement of Winchester, which is where the council is based and is also the county town of Hampshire.
The King's House in Winchester was a late 17th-century planned royal palace in the English county of Hampshire.Winchester had been the capital of Wessex and England in Anglo-Saxon times, but became a backwater after the Norman Conquest of England.
[52] [53] Also in the exhibition is the famous Winchester Bible, which is considered to be the largest and best-preserved 12th-century Bible in England. The text, in the Latin of St Jerome, was handwritten on 468 sheets of calf-skin parchment, each measuring 23 by 15.75 inches (584 by 400 mm). [ 54 ]
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 purposes.
Winchester was the capital of England after unification of the various states, including the kingdoms of Kent, Sussex and Mercia. Winchester stopped being the administrative capital of England some time in the 13th century as its influence waned while the City of London dominated commerce.
Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall still stands; it houses a museum of the history of Winchester.
Exposed section of the Roman foundations which lie underneath the medieval city walls. Venta Belgarum, or Venta Bulgarum, was a town in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, the civitas capital of the local tribe, the Belgae, and which later became the city of Winchester.