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Title: Winchester

Author: Sidney Heath

Release Date: April 25, 2005 [EBook #15706]

Language: English

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WINCHESTER

[Illustration: THE CLOSE GATE]

WINCHESTER

Described by Sidney Heath

Pictured by E.W. Haslehust

[Illustration]

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED

LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY

1911

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+Beautiful England+

_Volumes Ready_

OXFORD

THE ENGLISH LAKES

CANTERBURY

SHAKESPEARE-LAND

THE THAMES

WINDSOR CASTLE

CAMBRIDGE

NORWICH AND THE BROADS

THE HEART OF WESSEX

THE PEAK DISTRICT

THE CORNISH RIVIERA

DICKENS-LAND

WINCHESTER

THE ISLE OF WIGHT

CHESTER AND THE DEE

YORK

_Uniform with this Series_

+Beautiful Ireland+

LEINSTER

ULSTER

MUNSTER

CONNAUGHT

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Close Gate _Frontispiece_

The City Bridge

Winchester Cathedral from the Deanery Gardens

Wykeham's Chantry

The Butter Cross

Entrance to the Deanery

Winchester College: The Outer Gateway from "Arcadia"

The Cloisters, Winchester College

Ruins of Wolvesey Castle

Beaufort Tower and Ambulatory, St. Cross

St. Cross from the Meadows

The Brethren's Hall, St. Cross

Plan of Winchester Cathedral

[Illustration]

WINCHESTER

Few of our English cities are more strikingly situated than the once
royal city of Winchester, which lies on the slopes and along the bed of
a chalk valley watered by the River Itchen. The greater part of the
present city is situated on the right bank of the river, while the best
general view of it is justly considered to be that obtained by looking
across the Vale of Chilcomb, from the road to Portsmouth. Of the Itchen
valley, with its rich meadows and tranquil stream, William Cobbett was
an enthusiastic admirer. "There are few spots in England", he exclaims,
"more fertile, or more