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	Winchester, England
		Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,000.
		Winchester remained the capital of Wessex, and then England, until some time after the Norman Conquest when the capital was moved to London.
		William of Wykeham (1320-1404) played an important role in the history of the town; as bishop of Winchester he was responsible for much of the current structure of the cathedral and also founded Winchester College.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Winchester.html (259 words)

	VR Winchester - Tour the historic Hampshire Town of Winchester
		Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,200.
		Winchester was formerly the capital of England, during the 10th and early 11th centuries.
		The city of Winchester is twinned with Laon in France and the Winchester district is twinned with Gießen in Germany.
	www.vrwinchester.co.uk (335 words)

	Winchester College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winchester College is a boys' public school in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, in the south of England.
		Winchester College was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to Richard II, and the first seventy poor scholars entered the school in 1394.
		College is not usually referred to as a house, except for the purposes of categorisation: hence the terms 'housemaster of College' and 'College house' are not generally used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winchester_College (2812 words)

	Winchester College Quiristers
		Because Winchester College and Winchester Cathedral are probably in closer proximity than any comparable choral foundations, it must always have been useful for their choirboys to be known by different titles.
		Winchester College was intended as a nursery for the 'new college', which he had already established and endowed for this purpose at Oxford.
		The solution at Winchester, in a move that was perhaps as far-reaching as any since the quiristers' original foundation, was for their lessons to be taken over by the nearby Pilgrims' School, where the cathedral choristers are also educated.
	quirister.com /history.shtml (1857 words)

	WinchesterCollege
		These pages on the architecture of Winchester College consist of 67 photographs plus notes (in italics) from Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd (1967) Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
		Winchester College was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester.
		The late C14 parts of Winchester College consist of the Outer Court with its gatehouse, the Chamber Court with its gatehouse and with Chapel and Hall at the far end, and the Cloister or Cemetery beyond.
	www.astoft.co.uk /winchestercollege.htm (944 words)

	Winchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Winchester is a historic city in southern England, with a population of around 40,000 within a 3 mile radius of its centre.
		Winchester was formerly the capital of England, during the 10th and early 11th centuries, and the capital of Wessex before that.
		The University of Winchester (formerly University College Winchester and before that King Alfred's College) is situated within the city, as is the Winchester School of Art, part of the University of Southampton.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Winchester,_Hampshire (1269 words)

	Eupedia : England Guide - Hampshire - Winchester
		Winchester acted as the capital of Wessex since 590, but really got a kickstart when the episcopal see of Wessex was moved there from Dorchester in 670.
		Not much happened in Winchester afterwards, except that it was the beginning of the route known as the Pilgrims' Way leading to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
		Winchester Catthedral was first built by King Cenwalh in 642 and was the largest church in the country.
	www.eupedia.com /england/winchester.shtml (981 words)

	Town of Winchester, Wisconsin
		The Town of Winchester shares borders with: Outagamie County, the Town of Wolf River, the Town of Winneconne, and the Town of Clayton.
		In an interview with Hazel Kevill, who was born and raised in Winchester, she indicated 'It was named after a Winchester in England.' Hazel was a descendent of an old 'Yankee' family, but unlike most of the Yankees, her family emigrated directly from England to Wisconsin.
		It is also entirely possible that Winchester could have been named after a town by that name in one of the eastern states from which some of the early settlers came.
	www.focol.org /winchester/History/historyindex.htm (704 words)

	Winchester (England) - Wikitravel
		Winchester [1] is an historic cathedral city in the English county of Hampshire, situated within the South East region.
		Winchester and its city centre are generally regarded as car-unfriendly; an excellent Park and Ride site is located just off junction 10 of the M3 (from M3 north, exit at junction 9 and follow the signs) and buses provide a link to the city center every 10-15 mins taking under 10 mins for the journey.
		The famous English novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester in 1817 and is buried in the cathedral.
	wikitravel.org /en/Winchester_(United_Kingdom) (3409 words)

	Welcome to Winchester - Visit Winchester
		An unspoilt cathedral city on the edge of the South Downs, Winchester is England's ancient capital and former seat of King Alfred the Great.
		Popular for its shopping streets and architecture, its floral summer season and quirky open air events, Winchester is most well known for its eleventh century cathedral and for the Great Hall which for over 600 years has housed the mysterious Round Table.
		Winchester College is the oldest continuously running school in the country, whilst the Hospital of St Cross - a medieval almshouse - still offers the Wayfarer's Dole to travellers as it has done for more than eight centuries.
	www.visitwinchester.co.uk (252 words)

	Winchester College Quiristers
		William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and twice Chancellor of England founded Winchester College in 1382.
		The Quiristers perform their musical duties in the College: at Pilgrims' they are given an excellent all round education, benefiting from high academic standards and joining in all school sports and activities.
		Winchester College Chapel Choir has broadcast frequently and made several highly praised recordings; senior College boys, many with experiences as former choristers or Quiristers, provide the lower voices in the Choir.
	www.quirister.com (378 words)

	Britannia Biographies: William of Wykeham Part 7
		The building of the College at Oxford, which he called "St. Mary College of Winchester in Oxford," was begun in 1380 and was finished in 1386.
		That of the College at Winchester was begun in 1387 and was finished in 1393.
		The Bishop of Winchester was one of the fourteen persons appointed in 1386, on the petition of the Parliament instigated by the King's uncle, the Duke of Gloucester, to be a council to the King for one year and, in fact, for that term, to exercise all the powers of Government.
	www.britannia.com /bios/wmofwkhm/twilight.html (723 words)

	Guide and Travel Facts: Winchester, the United Kingdom
		Winchester was Alfred's capital (Alfred reigned from 871 to 901).
		Winchester ranks second only to Westminster Abbey as the place for crowning English kings — 35 in all, of whom 20 are buried here (these are mainly pre-Norman kings, although William Rufus — son of William the Conqueror — is also buried inside).
		Winchester College was founded (1382) by William of Wykeham, who is buried in the cathedral.
	www.passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Winchester (1214 words)

	Winchester
		Austen was referred to a doctor in Winchester and came with her sister, Cassandra.
		One of her last written works was a poem titled "When Winchester Races," which she composed during her residence.
		Unfortunately, the Winchester house in which Jane Austen died is not open to the public.
	faculty.rmwc.edu /janeausten/winchester.htm (730 words)

	Winchester Student Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Put simply Winchester Student Union is an organisation run for and by the student population of University College Winchester.
		Winchester SU has facilities you can benefit from and opportunities you can enjoy, and you can get involved and have your say in the things that happen there.
		Winchester Student Union, as King Alfred's Student Union before it, looks forward to continuing to provide high quality support and services to students in the city of Winchester and elsewhere.
	www.winchesterstudents.co.uk /main/winchester (523 words)

	The Hindu : National : Winchester College — where tradition meets modernity
		Britain's oldest Independent school, Winchester is also one of the exclusive educational institutions, with students from around the world applying for seats in its majestic medieval halls.
		Winchester College is rather elitist, costing £ 7,833 a year, as even Mr.
		Explaining why a boarding school like Winchester would be an enriching experience for children, he says: "They are face to face with a new culture, and obviously, that's good for them.
	www.hindu.com /2005/11/16/stories/2005111605411200.htm (758 words)

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		In addition to Chapel, the College uses St Michael’s (known as ‘Michla’, and sited in the midst of the boarding Houses) and some services are held in a small Chantry Chapel, including Sunday Mass for Roman Catholic boys.
		Winchester College, which observes the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, maintains a foundation of sixteen choristers (Quiristers), boys age 8-12 who lead the worship in Chapel every Sunday (1030), at Evensong on Tuesdays (1730) and at Compline on Saturdays (2100).
		Chapel Choir exists in a form virtually unchanged since the College’s foundation and includes 16 ‘Quiristers’ (choristers); the adult voices are drawn from senior boys and teachers.
	www.winchestercollege.co.uk /NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=215 (529 words)

	Peter Symonds College, Winchester \| College History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Peter Symonds College is an open access college which has catered for up to 2,000 students a year from central Hampshire since 1974, but the origins of the former boys' grammar school goes back to the 16th century.
		Six aged brethren were to be supported in comfort at the hospital, two divinity students were to be assisted, one at Oxford and one at Cambridge University, and "four pore boys" to be taught, and, after leaving School, to be apprenticed.
		Using the facilities of the college they now provide 250 courses in the daytime, evening and, at weekends in a wide range of subjects, from pre-degree level examinations to cake icing.
	www.psc.ac.uk /history.php (1355 words)

	Winifred Harwood - The University of Winchester
		It examines the consumption and trading practices of Winchester College in the later Middle Ages, through an analysis of a remarkable and virtually unbroken series of household accounts.
		It identifies the College estates, and, by monitoring their growth and recording their receipts, it reveals that in the mid-fifteenth century, when conditions were generally unfavourable to landlords, the College was able to benefit from growing revenues.
		This research confirms the importance of the College to Winchester (particularly after the city’s three important Benedictine houses were dissolved), the increasing dominance of London, and the changing fortune of Southampton, throws light on the local and regional trade of central southern England, and contributes generally to the historical understanding of England’s inland trade.
	www.winchester.ac.uk /?page=3580 (359 words)

	The City of Winchester, U.K. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The world famous Winchester Cathedral, with the longest Nave in Europe, the magnificently illustrated Winchester Bible,medieval wall-paintings and a Norman Font made of fl marble.
		Winchester College, the oldest school in the Kingdom, with it’s cloisters, school and a whole wealth of historic, ancient and modern buildings.
		The City of Winchester web-site has classified advertising, a reminder service, a chat room, a link to weather information, a free virus scanner, and loads of pictures of Winchester.
	www.winchester-uk.info (668 words)

	The Official Winchester Cathedral Website
		Begun in 1079 in the Romanesque style, this Cathedral is at the heart of Alfred's Wessex and a diocese which once stretched from London's Thames to the Channel Islands.
		Winchester Cathedral is famous for its chantry chapels, where daily masses were said for the bishops buried within them.
		Stephen Gardiner (1531-55) was the last important Roman Catholic bishop of Winchester, during the reign of Mary Tudor (Queen Mary I).
	www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk /history/index.htm (650 words)

	Key dates - The University of Winchester
		An emergency meeting of the governors had been told that the College was unlikely to survive unless it was enlarged to a more economical size - 120 students was suggested as a target.
		College was closed for duration of First World War.
		The new college, which accommodated 56 students as well as a Principal, Vice-Principal and Matron, was opened by the Bishop on 13th October.
	www.winchester.ac.uk /?page=3722 (274 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Education \| Winchester College tops private schools
		Winchester College is back at the top of a league table of fee-paying schools.
		Winchester, where boarding fees are £18,360 a year, beat last year's winner - Westminster - into second place.
		The headmaster of Winchester College, Nick Tate, said: "We've been near or at the top of the A-level table for some years and it's not anything new, but obviously it is particularly pleasing when it happens.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/2211766.stm (449 words)

	Winchester Guest House - Accommodation Winchester UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winchester Guest House is an edwardian town house recently refurbished to a very high standard throughout to create stylish and comfortable guest accommodation.
		For guests who have an interest in Genealogy and are planning to do some research into their family history, we are just a few minutes walk from the Hampshire Records Office.
		Our Guest House is a 5 minute walk from Winchester Railway Station, Winchester is 1 hour from London by rail, 15 minutes from Southampton International Airport and a few minutes from Junction 9 of the M3 Motorway.
	www.winchester-guesthouse.co.uk (250 words)

	Touring Winchester on Britannia: Winchester College
		Winchester College was founded by the great medieval philanthropist, William of Wykeham (Bishop of Winchester) in 1382.
		The main buildings at Winchester today still date from this period: the two courts, the gatehouses, the cloister, the hall and the superb college chapel.
		Most of these ancient buildings are open to the public at regular periods, though the school is first and foremost a thriving educational facility.
	www.britannia.com /tours/winchester/college.html (150 words)

	The Art College in Winchester UK
		WINCHESTER SCHOOL OF Winchester School of Art was founded over 120 years ago and is now part of the University of Southampton Faculty of Arts.
		The College already had an international reputation for fabric design and, since the opening of two new buildings, now houses the Textile Conservation Centre, with its global reputation for the conservation of historic and contemporary textiles.
		Research in the history of textiles and dress has a distinctive record at Winchester, and the recent arrival of the Textile Conservation Centre makes possible a range of cross-disciplinary research projects in conservation, interpretation and museology.
	www.cityofwinchester.co.uk /education/art_college/art_college.html (203 words)

	BCSD - Winchester College Quiristers (Winchester College Chapel Choir)
		Founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and twice Chancellor of England, Winchester College is one of the oldest and best-known schools in Great Britain.
		For over 600 years, Winchester College has maintained its ancient choral foundation, and the Quiristers now form the treble line in Winchester College Chapel Choir, besides singing a good deal in their own right as a boys' concert choir.
		Winchester College Chapel Choir sings a full range of choral services in the College Chapel.
	www.boysoloist.com /artist.asp?VID=236 (705 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient See of Winchester
		The Diocese of Winchester then consisted of Hampshire, Surrey, and Sussex; but Sussex was afterwards formed into the See of Chichester, and the Isle of Wight was added to Winchester.
		The church at Winchester, which became the cathedral of the new diocese, had been founded and endowed in 634 by King Cynegils, whose son Coenwealh added more lands to its possessions.
		BRITTON, History and Antiquities of Winchester Cathedral (London, 1817); CLARENDON and GALE, History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Winchester (London, 1715); WARTON, Description of City, College, and Cathedral of Winchester (Winchester, 1750); Annales Monast.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15649c.htm (538 words)

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