The breakfast room was still very quiet and lacking atmosphere. The self-service offering was luke warm rather than hot.
After breakfast we chilled out in our room looking out over the Cathedral green before it was time to attend the 11.15 Easter Day service in the Cathedral. The service was excellent and we received communion from [...]
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Winchester – Day Four
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2026
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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
