Winchester

The city of Winchester originated from an old Roman fort (chester apparently comes from their word for fort). I took lovely pictures and rotated them, fixed them up so the lighting was right, but my computer is being passive aggressive and refuses to register this. I guess if you are interested enough you can tilt your head...

Winchester Cathedral

This is a Norman Cathedral built on the remains of an Anglo-Saxon church.

 I don't know who this is, but aren't all their graves so pretty? It's too bad we walk all over them. I kind of feel bad. Whose idea was it anyway to bury the dead so people tromp their dirty shoes all over their peacefully decaying corpse?

One of the aforementioned mortuary chests. They were doing restoration work so this was all I could see.

Some of the original 13th century tiles still show their pattern.

You can read more and probably get better pictures here: Winchester Cathedral

The grave and memorial of Jane Austen. I do not particularly enjoy reading her works, but I do admire her as a person and what she accomplished. I may not love her novels of manners, but she was a very skilled writer. 

She did not live in Winchester, but went there with her sister to look for a better doctor when she became ill. She died here and was buried in Winchester Cathedral with a grand total of four people at her funeral.

Great Hall

This old hall includes a Medieval era "round table" modeled after the one in legendary Camelot.

Sadly, this is the best picture I have. Honestly, it kind of looks like a poker table, but I'm sure it appealed to someone.

Statue of Queen Victoria. Until three weeks ago she was the longest reigning British Monarch, so you can imagine that she had quite an influence.

Alfred the Great- This Saxon King was the first to unify England. Sadly, his successors were not as skilled and all his hard work fell apart.