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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]
"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 ...
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.
William Kingsmill was professed to the Rule of Saint Benedict at St. Swithun's Priory (Winchester Cathedral) in 1513. [1] Upon joining the Benedictine Monastery he took on the name of his home town Basyng and was known as William Basyng until 1540. [2] During his time as a monk, Basyng obtained several secular appointments.
He was buried on 17 February 1583/84 [3] in the nave of Winchester Cathedral, adjoining the 8th bay of the North aisle 1. His will dated 22 October 1584 was proved citing Sir Francis Walsingham as Chief Overseer. The burial stone of Bishop Watson is in Winchester Cathedral on the north side of the nave in the 5th bay westward from the tower ...
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]
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.
William of Wykeham (born William Longe) was the son of John Longe, a freeman from Wickham in Hampshire. He was educated at a school in Winchester, and probably enjoyed early patronage from two local men, Sir Ralph Sutton, constable of Winchester Castle, and Sir John Scures, lord of the manor of Wickham, and then from Thomas Foxley, Constable of Windsor Castle.