Everything about Winchester Hampshire totally explained
Winchester or
Winton (
archaic) is a historic
city in southern
England, with a population of around 40,000 within a radius of its centre. It is the seat of the
City of Winchester local government district, which covers a much larger area, and is also the administrative capital and
county town of
Hampshire.The city is at the western end of the
South Downs with the scenic
River Itchen running through it.
Winchester railway station is served by trains running from
London Waterloo,
Weymouth,
Brighton,
Portsmouth,
Southampton and the North.
Notable buildings
Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral, the second longest cathedral in
Europe, was originally built in 1079. It contains much fine architecture spanning the 11th to the 16th century and is the place of interment of numerous
Bishops of Winchester (such as
William of Wykeham),
Anglo-Saxon monarchs (such as
Egbert of Wessex) and later monarchs such as King
Canute and
William Rufus, as well as
Jane Austen. It was once an important
pilgrimage centre and housed the
shrine of
Saint Swithun. The ancient
Pilgrims' Way travelling to
Canterbury begins at Winchester. The plan of the earlier
Old Minster is laid out in the grass adjoining the cathedral. The
New Minster (original burial place of
Alfred the Great and
Edward the Elder In the 2007 edition of the same programme, Winchester had dropped to second best place to live, behind
Edinburgh.
Since 1974 Winchester has hosted the annual
Hat Fair, a celebration of
street theatre that includes performances, workshops, and gatherings at several venues around the city.
In the movie
Merlin, King Uther's first conquest of Britain begins with Winchester, which Merlin foresaw would fall.
In
Philip Pullman's novel
The Subtle Knife (part of the
His Dark Materials trilogy) the main male protagonist, Will Parry, comes from Winchester. However, little of the book is set there.
In the Japanese manga
Death Note, The Wammy's House, an orphanage founded by Quillsh Wammy, where the detective L's successors are raised, is located in Winchester.
Winchester hosts one of the UK's largest and most successful
farmers' markets, with close to - or over - 100 stalls, and is certified by
FARMA. The farmers' market takes place on the second and last Sunday monthly in the town centre.
In The TV show, Supernatural, Winchester is used as the last name for the main sibling brother, Sam and Dean Winchester. This show consists of the brothers hunting down demons and evil spirits.
A fictitious estate near Winchester is the scene of a crime in the
Sherlock Holmes's adventure, "
The Problem of Thor Bridge", by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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