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Winchester (Famous city of WINCHESTER)

a famous city of WINCHESTER, BATTLE OF, the Hampshire, England, on the Itchen. The several engagements in the of Castle Hill is the site of the old castle, American Civil War. The most imporor royal palace, built in the 13th century by Henry III., and of a magnificent hall, of which the only remaining portion is used as the county court. The cathedral is a beautiful and imposing pile. The college of Winchester was founded by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, in 1387. The industries of Winchester are unimportant. Winchester, the Roman Venta Belgarum, was the site of a British city before the arrival of the Romans in Britain, Caer-Gwend. It afterward became a Roman station, and as such was a place of considerable importance, and contained temples of Apollo and Concord. Pop. about 25,000.