William Walker (diver)
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William Walker was an English diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral.
Statuette of Walker at Winchester Cathedral
Bust of William Walker in the Cathedral gardens
Winchester Cathedral
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Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and i
William Walker (diver)
…William Walker (1869–1918) was an English diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral. He was born William Robert Bellenie, in Newington, Surrey, England, in 1869. Around 1900, he adopted the name William Bellenie-Walker, eventually…
View of the long nave, central tower and west end.
Norman south transept
William of Wykeham’s remodelled Gothic nave, the longest in Europe
The west front in 2012, after restoration