Diocese of Winchester
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The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 660 AD, it is one of the oldest dioceses in England. With its see city at Winchester, it once co
Remains of the great hall of Winchester Palace, yards from London Bridge in Southwark showing the Rose Window and underneath the traditional arrangement of three doors from the screens passage to the buttery, pantry and kitchen. Until 1877 all of Surrey (including Southwark) was part of the diocese.
Winchester
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Winchester 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 t
Diocese of Winchester
…forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. Founded in 660 AD, it is one of the oldest dioceses in England. With its see city at Winchester, it once covered the Kingdom of Wessex, many times its present size. As other dioceses were erected in its territory, today it covers most of the…
Clockwise from top left: Winchester Cathedral, Great Minster Street, Great Hall of Winchester Castle and Winchester Guildhall
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Statue of Alfred the Great by Hamo Thornycroft in Winchester
Winchester High Street in the mid 19th century.