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'''Winchester''' (derivation: ''Roman town called "venta" from "venta" being a favoured or chief place and "chester, Roman town or camp.''), is a cathedral city of 116,595 (2011)<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/interactive/census-map-1-4/index.html#centerlat=51.5071348&centerlong=-0.12660028000004786&zoom=12&column=Population%20density%20(100s%20per%20km2)&area01=0&area11=0&op=0.65 "2001 vs 2011 Census - Population and Age"] Accessed January 14, 2015</ref> inhabitants in the [[county]] of [[Hampshire]] in Southern [[England]], just off the M3 Motorway, 19 kilometres (12 miles} north of [[Southampton]].

'''Winchester''' (derivation: ''Roman town called "venta" from "venta" being a favoured or chief place and "chester, Roman town or camp.''), is a cathedral city of 116,595 (2011)<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/interactive/census-map-1-4/index.html#centerlat=51.5071348&centerlong=-0.12660028000004786&zoom=12&column=Population%20density%20(100s%20per%20km2)&area01=0&area11=0&op=0.65 "2001 vs 2011 Census - Population and Age"] Accessed January 14, 2015</ref> inhabitants in the [[county]] of [[Hampshire]] in Southern [[England]], just off the M3 Motorway, 19 kilometres (12 miles} north of [[Southampton]].

The site goes back to the [[Iron Age]]. (A British tribe, the ''Belgae'' occupied the area before the [[Roman]] occupation.) It became the [[capital city]] of [[Wessex]], and after the unification of England by [[Alfred the Great]] in the 9th century, it became the capital city of England. It was gradually superceded as capital by [[London]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] in 1066.  

The site goes back to the [[Iron Age]]. (A British tribe, the ''Belgae'' occupied the area before the [[Roman]] occupation.) It became the [[capital city]] of [[Wessex]], and after the unification of England by [[Alfred the Great]] in the 9th century, it became the capital city of England. It was gradually superseded as capital by [[London]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] in 1066.  

Winchester is a picturesque and historic city with a fine [[Norman]] [[Winchester Cathedral|cathedral]] which offers [[Church of England|Anglican]] services and the "Great Hall", the only viable remnant of [[Winchester Castle]] after the original fortifications were  destroyed on the orders of [[Oliver Cromwell]] after the [[English Civil War]].

Winchester is a picturesque and historic city with a fine [[Norman]] [[Winchester Cathedral|cathedral]] which offers [[Church of England|Anglican]] services and the "Great Hall", the only viable remnant of [[Winchester Castle]] after the original fortifications were  destroyed on the orders of [[Oliver Cromwell]] after the [[English Civil War]].