Hampshire Photos by Hetty
27th April 2017
We used the Winchester City Walk leaflet to guide us around
Victorian Guildhall in the Broadway
Abbey House
Victorian statue of King Alfred the Great – Winchester was his capital city of Wessex
Almshouses
Bridge St
City Mill and City Bridge
The River Itchen formed a moat for the eastern side of the city, as well as powering 12 mills
Mediaeval city walls
Winchester College, founded in 1382
Winchester College
Winchester College
Kingsgate, 14th century city gate with ‘St Swithun upon Kingsgate’ church above
Inside St Swithuns
Under the gateway
Prior’s gate in the old City Wall, entrance to the Cathedral Close. The Close wall on the left was first built in Saxon times to separate the monastery from the town
The Prior’s Gate
Pilgrims Hall c. 1320 and Chayney Court
The Deanery, originally 13th century prior’s house
This church replaced the Old Minster in the 11th century and was the church of St Swithun’s Prior. After the dissolution of the monasteries it became the Cathedral and has been altered at various times
In the Dean Garnier Garden
This used to be the entrance to the Chapter House
Flying buttresses
West front of the Cathedral
This pub commemorates the diver who stopped the cathedral from collapsing
High St
The Parchment Street Kite Flyer
The Butter Cross
The Town Clock 1713
Statue of Queen Anne on the old Guildhall
The Westgate
God Begot House, 16th century, but dates from 1050
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