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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.
As of 2025, there are more than 140 current and former places of worship in the district of the City of Winchester in the English county of Hampshire. Christian denominations and groups of various descriptions use 108 churches, chapels and meeting halls for worship, and there is also a mosque for adherents of Islam; another 34 former churches and chapels no longer serve a religious function ...
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.
The Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty is a medieval almshouse in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It has been described as "England's oldest and most perfect almshouse". [1] Most of the buildings and grounds are open to the public at certain times. [2] It is a Grade I listed building. [3]
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.