Wickham, Hampshire
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Wickham is a village in the civil parish of Wickham and Knowle, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is about 3 miles north of Fareham. In 2021 it had a population of 2,
St Nicholas’s Church in Wickham
The Oysterband headlining the first Wickham Festival in 2006
Chesapeake Mill
William of Wykeham
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William of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and New College School in 1379, and founded Winchester College in 1382. He was also the clerk of
Wickham, Hampshire
…Alton) for the Roman station Onna listed in the Antonine Itinerary. However, no definite location for Onna has been determined. It was the birthplace of William of Wykeham, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford. The Admiralty Shutter Telegraph Line had a station at Wickham…
William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, 1367-1404: from his tomb at Winchester.
Portrait (posthumous), showing the two colleges he founded, and his coat of arms and motto
Funerary effigy of William of Wykeham in Winchester Cathedral