TOP 10 WINCHESTER
Feb 03, 2022
4 minutes
WORDS KEITH DREW
It can be strange to think that Hampshire’s genteel county town was once a royal capital. Although its compact city centre is crammed with historic sights, the relaxed atmosphere that pervades Winchester’s pedestrianised High Street, leafy cathedral green and cobbled side-streets belies its pivotal place in English history.
The Belgae, a tribe of Celtic Britons, established a fortified settlement here in the Iron Age, leading the conquering Romans to name their provincial capital Venta Belgarum, or Market Town of the Belgae. It quickly became one of the largest towns in Roman Britain, although only
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