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Penny Legg - Winchester: History You Can See - 9780752455204 - V9780752455204
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Winchester: History You Can See

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Description for Winchester: History You Can See Paperback. A history of Winchester, the Saxon capital of Wessex. It highlights: St Catherine's Hill, the site of a hill fort in 150 BC; Winchester College, built in 1352, and its fourteenth-century gothic chapel; Winchester Cathedral, parts of which date from 1079; the resting place of novelist Jane Austen; and, King Arthur's Round Table. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.

Winchester offers a veritable feast of history, much of it unrecognised by twenty-first century visitors. This history of the Saxon capital of Wessex is told through evocative photographs of its buildings and intricate nooks and crannies. Brought to life with intriguing accounts are: St Catherine’s Hill, the site of a hill fort in 150 BC; the Peninsula Barracks, once a military establishment and now home to a range of museums; Winchester College, built in 1352, and its fourteenth-century gothic chapel; Winchester Cathedral, parts of which date from 1079; the resting place of novelist Jane Austen; the working water mill, still ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752455204
SKU
V9780752455204
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Penny Legg
Penny Legg is a writer and photographer, resident in Southampton. A member of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, the National Union of Journalists and the Bitterne Historical Society, she edits The Woman Writer magazine and tutors non-fiction for The Writers Bureau.

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