Winchester Palace was built on the site of the Winchester castle which was stormed by Oliver Cromwell in 1645 after a short siege during the English Civil War. Despite the damage
The medieval Westgate at the top of Winchester’s High Street is one of two old gateways into the city which have survived into the twenty-first century. It is owned by Winchester
The Marchioness of Winchester (Bapsy) was born Bapsybanoo Pavry at Bahrat, India, in 1902, the daughter of Khurshedji Erachji Pavry. Bapsy attended Columbia University, New York