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Jun 14, 2024 · War Cloister is recognised by Historic England as the largest known private war memorial in Europe and arguably the most distinguished war memorial of any public school. It was upgraded to Grade 1 Listed Status in 2017.
Jun 21, 2024 · One particular feature of Winchester cathedral body was its close association with Winchester College and New College, Oxford. A high proportion of canons came from these two colleges. In fact, in the original foundation charter, John White was informator or schoolmaster of Winchester College, becoming Warden the following year.
6 days ago · CATHEDRAL. The history of the Old Minster of Winchester, setting aside the legends of King Lucius, may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils.
1 day ago · Map of Winchester and its Environs. The County Series maps at scale 1:2500 for Winchester and its environs, including Littleton and Chilcomb. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 Epoch 1 . This free content was digitised by scanning.
Jun 20, 2024 · Download stock image of “Plan of Winchester College, 1835–40. Illustration for School-Life at Winchester College (John Camden Hotten, 1870).” from the Look and Learn History Picture Archive
Jun 26, 2024 · Old Wykehamists are former pupils of Winchester College, so called in memory of the school's founder, William of Wykeham. [1] [2] He was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school in 1382 and a university college, New College, Oxford , in 1379; both of them were ...
3 days ago · Dean Kitchin in his map of Norman Winchester marks the Staple House on a more northerly site, but gives no authority for the site. Moreover, the growth of the staple system dates only from the reign of Edward I, so that the Staple House was not in existence as such at the time of the survey.
