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"Winchester Cathedral" was a UK top ten hit and a US number one song for The New Vaudeville Band in 1966. The cathedral was also the subject of the Crosby, Stills & Nash song "Cathedral" from their 1977 album CSN. Liverpool-based band Clinic released an album titled Winchester Cathedral in 2004. [88] Rose cultivar 'Winchester Cathedral', Austin ...
He and his family participated in the city’s social life, and he took on a light workload, becoming examining chaplain for Southwell in September 1900 and for Winchester in June 1901. [35] [36] Then, early in 1903, his life changed dramatically. The Cathedral Chapter needed to urgently appoint a new Dean before they could appoint a new Bishop.
This category only includes Royalty who were actually born in Winchester or were resident outside the Castle or the Saxon palace. See also Category:British royalty , and especially Category:Anglo-Saxon royalty , and their sub-categories for other Winchester Royal residents.
There is also a bust of Walker in the Cathedral gardens. [8] A public house in Winchester is also named after him. [9] A plaque commemorates him on 118 Portland Road, South Norwood, where he lived. [10] A service of remembrance for Walker, was held at the Cathedral in October 2018. An exhibition about Walker ran until 31 October. [11]
The district covers a large, mostly rural area in the centre of the county, focused on the ancient and historic cathedral city of Winchester—where a settlement existed by the Middle Iron Age, the first church was built in the mid-7th century, and the present inner-city street layout was established by Alfred the Great in the 880s. [2]
William Edington (died 6 or 7 October 1366) was an English bishop and administrator. He served as Bishop of Winchester from 1346 until his death, Keeper of the wardrobe from 1341 to 1344, treasurer from 1344 to 1356, and finally as chancellor from 1356 until he retired from royal administration in 1363.
Saint Æthelwold, (909-984), Bishop of Winchester. Bob Anderson (darts player), (1942-), former BDO World darts champion; Arthur, Prince of Wales, (1486-1502), elder son of Henry VII who pre-deceased his father and therefore never reigned. Kevin Ashman, (1959-), World Quiz Champion and Egghead. Jon Boden, (1977-), folk musician, brought up in ...
William Badger (c. 1523 – buried 18 January 1629) was the member of Parliament for Winchester in the parliament of 1597. [1] Son of Robert Badger, a brewer of Winchester, Badger became an attorney, practicing law in his native city. He was a freeman of Winchester by 1551, borough chamberlain in 1553 –1555, and mayor three times, in 1572 ...