The Churches of Britain and Ireland

Winchester, Hampshire

Winchester on Wikipedia.


Large scale O.S. maps shows Site of All Hallow's Church on Southgate Street, at SU 4787 2934. The mark on the map shows the site in the garden between the building and St. Thomas. I've been unable to find any other information about it. © Steve Bulman (2023).

All Saints on Petersfield Road. Another view. SU 4890 2900. Both © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.

Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saints Peter and Paul, and Saint Swithin. Another view. SU 4823 2926. Both © Dave Westrap. A view from an old postcard (franked 1916), courtesy of the D. Westrap Collection. And © Aidan McRae Thomson, another exterior view. Two more views - 1, 2, and interior views show the nave and choir. All © Christopher Skottowe (1960), and also from him in 1950, two more exterior views - 1, 2, and lierne vaulting. The font, and six interior views - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, the flooded crypt, and the choir stalls, all from old postcards in Christopher Skottowe's collection. Link. Grade I listed.

Chapel of St. John the Baptist, on The Broadway, an almshouses chapel. SU 4850 2935. © Janet Gimber (2018). Two more views - 1, 2, both © Steve Bulman (2023). Grade I listed.

Christ Church on Christchurch Road. SU 4760 2922. © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link.

Christian Science Church on Tower Street. It appears to be the same building as, or stands on the site of, a Mission Hall, shown on an O.S. map of 1897. SU 4791 2978. © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.

Church of Jesus Christ of Letter-day Saints on Christchurch Road. SU 4759 2887. © Janet Gimber (2018).

The former City Pentecostal Church on Jewry Street, now in secular use. Circa SU 4805 2968. © Janet Gimber (2018).

Friends' Meeting House on Colebrook Street. SU 4850 2918. © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.

Fromond's Chantry forms part of Winchester College - a photo of it can be seen here. Its grade I listing dates it to the 15th century. SU 4825 2891.

The former Garrison Chapel on Southgate Street is now in use as a cinema. SU 4784 2926. © Janet Gimber (2018).

Highcliffe Evangelical Church on St. Catherine's Road. SU 4876 2886. © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.

Holy Trinity on Upper Brook Street. SU 4836 2972. © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II.

Hope Church meet in the Middle Brook Centre, on Middle Brook Street. Previously known as Winchester Family Church, the building is a former cinema, and latterly a bingo hall. SU 4833 2959.© Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link.

Of Hyde Benedictine Abbey, only the gatehouse (2018 Streetview) survives above ground. SU 4816 3013. Link. Grade I listed.

Hyde Street Chapel, on Hyde Street. SU 4807 3002. © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses off Garbett Road. Circa SU 4898 2977. © Janet Gimber (2018).

The former Methodist Church (originally Primitive Methodist) on Parchment Street is now Winchester Business Centre. According to this Wikipedia entry, the church dates from 1903, and stands on the site of a Presbyterian Chapel of 1704, re-built in 1807. SU 4817 2959. © Janet Gimber (2018).

Another former Methodist Church (originally United Methodist) also stands on Parchment Street, and this one is now in residential use. SU 4821 2965. © Janet Gimber (2018).

Of the Anglo-Saxon Old Minster, nothing remains visible above ground, but the course of the foundations have been marked out in the grounds on the north side of the cathedral which replaced it. © Janet Gimber (2018). The Wikipedia entry dates its foundation to 648.

Similarly, the footprint of Old St. Peter has been marked in a walled area to the rear of God Begot House (currently occupied by Ask Italian, which fronts onto High Street). Circa SU 4807 2953. © Janet Gimber (2018).

St. Barnabas on Fromond Road (2009  Streetview). SU 4657 3099. Link.

St. Bartholomew at Hyde. SU 4814 3018. © David Packman of  http://www.hampshirecam.co.uk. Link. Grade II* listed.

St. Cross, at the Hospital of St. Cross. SU 4763 2775. © Derek Jordan. Photo is on an external web-site. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection. Another old postcard, this one from Paul E. Barnett's Collection. Link. Grade I listed.

St. John the Baptist on St. John's Street is Winchester's oldest parish church, dating from the 12th century. SU 4869 2945. © Chris Kippin. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the interior, all © Janet Gimber (2018). Link. Grade I listed.

St. Lawrence is almost completely hemmed in by buildings, so that all that can be seen is the tower, with entrance door below. Interior view. It stands in an alley between High Street and The Square. An information board by the doorway says that it stands on the site of the Chapel Royal of William the Conqueror's palace. SU 4810 2946. All © Janet Gimber (2018). Another interior view, and the font, both © Steve Bulman (2023). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.

The site of the demolished St. Mary now lies beneath the Baptist Church hall on Hyde Street. SU 4804 2990. © Janet Gimber (2018).

The approximate site of the long-vanished St. Mary in the Valley, under and/or adjacent to the present-day St. Paul on St. Paul's Hill. © Janet Gimber (2018). Here's a useful article about this church, and St. Anastasius.

The site of St. Mary's Abbey, in Abbey Gardens. Circa SU 4846 2928. © Janet Gimber (2018). Link, which has a small photo of some foundations.

St. Mary's College Chapel. SU 4827 2901. © Chris Kippin. Link. Grade I listed.

St. Matthew on Stockbridge Road at Weeke. The Norman doorway, two interior views - 1, 2, and the list of rectors, which commences in 1304. SU 4678 3048. All © Steve Bulman (2023). Link. Grade II listed.

All that remains of St. Maurice is the tower, the rest of the medieval church was demolished in 1842. The church was then re-built, but demolished again in the mid-20th century, and again leaving the tower. It stands in an alley between High Street and Market Lane. © Janet Gimber (2018). Photos of the latter church are available here and here. A history of the organ is available here.

St. Michael, on St. Michael's Passage. Another view. SU 4802 2893. Both © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Chris Kippin. Grade II* listed.

The site of St. Michael's Chapel, at the junction of St. Peter Street and North Walls. SU 4812 2980. © Janet Gimber (2018).

St. Paul on St. Paul's Hill. Another view, and the interior. SU 4766 2993. All © Janet Gimber (2018). Link. Grade II listing, which dates it to 1872-1889.

The former St. Peter upon Chesille without Eastgate, on Chesil Street, is now in use as a theatre. It went out of use in the years following WWII, and was declared structurally unsafe in 1960. It has presumably since been repaired! Another view. SU 4866 2921. Both © Janet Gimber (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.

St. Peter (R.C.) on Jewry Street. Its grade II listing dates it to 1926. SU 4811 2973. © Graeme Wall. Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). These two interior views - 1, 2, are from old postcards in Graeme Harvey's Collection. Link.

St. Swithun on St. Swithun Street is built into the city walls, above a gateway. Access is through the stairway to the right with the steeply pitched roof. Interior view. SU 4814 2909. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two more interior views - 1, 2, a window and the font, all © Steve Bulman (2023). Link. Grade I listed.

The former St. Thomas on Southgate Street. SU 4785 2932. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A modern view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Grade I listed (where it's called St. Thomas and St. Clement), dates it to 1845-6. An earlier St. Thomas the Martyr (1428-1845) stood on St. Thomas's Street at SU 4797 2937. As a small information board explains, it stood on the site of an even earlier church of St. Petroc. The site remains un-developed, and shows on old large-scale O.S. maps as St. Thomas's Church (Site of) Grave Yd.

Salvation Army on Parchment Street. SU 4823 2975. © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link.

United Church (Methodist and U.R.C.) on Jewry Street. This has previously been Independent, Congregational, and U.R.C. SU 4799 2963. © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link.

Welcome Gospel Hall stands on the corner of High Street, The Broadway and Colebrook Street. The building was originally known as The Soldier's Welcome, a welfare venue for local military personnel. SU 4835 2938. © Janet Gimber (2018). Another view, © Steve Bulman (2023). Link.

Wesley Methodist Church on Stoney Lane at Weeke, as seen by Streetview in 2023. SU 4663 3080. Link.

 

 

 

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