Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall still stands; it houses a museum...
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Winchester (/ˈwɪntʃɪstər/, US also /-tʃɛs-/) is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local...
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the ruins of Odiham Castle (also known as 'King John's Castle'). Winchester Great Hall is the only surviving part of Winchester Castle. The route passes...
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Castle Hill is a series of buildings used as council offices in Winchester, Hampshire, England. There are two main structures both of which are Grade II...
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The Hundred Oaks Castle is a historic mansion in Winchester, Tennessee, U.S. The house was built for Peter S Decherd, a lawyer from Virginia who eventually...
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Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages. The castle, mostly built by...
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of the first Norman castles in England, with Winchester Castle being built alongside the walls in 1067. As well as the royal castle in the West of the...
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Henry III of England (redirect from Henry III of Winchester)
that of George III in the 18th and 19th centuries. Henry was born in Winchester Castle on 1 October 1207. He was the eldest son of King John and Isabella...
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The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977...
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Farnham Castle is a 12th-century castle in Farnham, Surrey, England. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Winchester. Built in 1138 by Henri...
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Winchester City Football Club are an English football team based in Winchester, Hampshire and playing in the Southern Football League Premier Division...
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Winchester Castle F.C. were a long running English amateur football team based in Winchester. They played in the Hampshire League for over 50 years before...
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Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (cathedra) is at Winchester Cathedral...
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William of Wykeham (category Bishops of Winchester)
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...
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The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate...
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nor likely to have borne coats of arms. In the Great Hall of Winchester Castle in Winchester, then-capital of England, as well as several armorials, some...
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Round Table (redirect from Winchester Round Table)
identities of Arthur's entourage. The Winchester Round Table is a large tabletop hanging in Winchester Castle and bearing the names of various knights...
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meeting place are at Winchester Castle, parts of which date back to 1067. The council's part of the castle complex is known as Castle Hill and comprises...
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Wedding of Mary I of England and Philip of Spain (category History of Winchester)
Mary went to Farnham Castle, then stayed a night at John Norton's house at Tisted (Norton was a steward of the Bishop of Winchester), and then to the Palace...
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prison awaiting the trials, which started in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle in Winchester on 26 August. The first notable trial was that of an elderly...
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Camelot is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French...
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Henry of Blois (redirect from Henry, Bishop of Winchester)
funding the Winchester Bible and the font in Winchester Cathedral. He founded the Hospital of St Cross and built much of Wolvesey Castle. Henry was one...
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French started to lay siege. He met resistance only when he reached Winchester Castle on 14 June, but it fell after a ten-day siege. Louis's campaign continued...
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GWR 4073 Class (redirect from Castle class locomotive)
needed] The last three Castles to be withdrawn were all allocated to Gloucester shed, with 5042 Winchester Castle and 7022 Hereford Castle withdrawn in June...
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Sarah 'Sallie' Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband...
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William the Conqueror made permanent the recent removal of the capital from Winchester to London. Following the death of Harold Godwinson at Hastings, the Anglo-Saxon...
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Le Morte d'Arthur (redirect from Winchester Manuscript)
printed edition in 1485 by William Caxton. Until the discovery of the Winchester Manuscript in 1934, the 1485 edition was considered the earliest known...
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Winchester were held in the Great Hall of Winchester Castle. However, as the number of court cases in Winchester grew, it became necessary to commission a dedicated...
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Margaret of York (1472) (category People from Winchester)
of Bedford, Catherine of York and Bridget of York. She was born in Winchester Castle but died of natural causes eight months later. She was buried in Westminster...
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or porteour ("to carry"). Its earliest public record is 1086 at Winchester Castle. With transferred use, Porter also became a unisex given name with...
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