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
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
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.
Winchester Cathedral
…bed, which further destabilised the building. Jackson was against stopping pumping, as he could not see an alternative. Fox, however, summoned diver William Walker from London, who arrived in Winchester on 5 April 1906. Walker, who was arguably the most experienced diver in the country at the time, had an extremely…
Statuette of Walker at Winchester Cathedral
Bust of William Walker in the Cathedral gardens