The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.
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Guardian Angels Chapel
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014
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Winchester City Mill
The Winchester City Mill is a restored water mill situated on the River Itchen in the centre of the ancient English city of Winchester. The mill is owned by the National Trust.
The mill was first recorded, milling corn, in the Domesday Book of 1086. The mill was last rebuilt in 1744 and remained in use until the early 1900s. The mill was then [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 16th 2014
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The Chesil Rectory
The work ‘chesil’ is in fact a derivation of ‘Cheeshill’ which in turn heralds back from the Anglo-Saxon word ceosel, meaning ‘gravel’. Chesil Street’s origins go back to the time King Arthur. Once know as ‘Cheese House’ the timber framed building is situated in a very prominent position, directly at the foot of what was [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2014
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Celebrating
…the ordination of the new Bishop of Basingstoke.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2014
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Manners Makyth Man
The Language and Meaning of the College Motto:
‘Manners makyth man’ is the motto of both the institutions founded by William of Wykeham, New College and Winchester College. Although no contemporary record attests to this, it is often thought that Wykeham devised it himself and appended it to his coat of arms.1 We do not know when [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 11th 2014
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Behind the Chapel…
…lies an older place of worship.
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 10th 2014
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Winchester College Chapel
All students who attend Winchester college are required to attend Sunday services in the chapel.
The guide who took us round the college explained that the main window in the church was a replica. The original had gone for cleaning and those undertaking the operation damaged some of the pains of glass. So they made a [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 9th 2014
