. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. , Esq., who represented Win-chester in seven successive parliaments. In the muni-ment-room, over the west gate of the city, are preservedthe town records, the original Winchester bushel madeby or
. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. , Esq., who represented Win-chester in seven successive parliaments. In the muni-ment-room, over the west gate of the city, are preservedthe town records, the original Winchester bushel madeby order of King Edgar, the standard yard of Henry,and the standard measures of succeeding sovereigns,with various other remains of antiquity. The assizesand general quarter-sessions for the county are held inthe chapel of the old castle, which has been convertedinto a county-hall, and appropriately fitted up for thepurpose. The building is 110 feet in length. At theeast end is suspended the celebrated Round Table, attri-buted to the renowed King Arthur, but which, withgreater probability, is said to have been introduced byKing Stephen, with a view to prevent disputes for pre-cedence. It is made of oaken planks, is eighteen feet indiameter, and ornamented with a figure of King Arthur,and the names of his knights, as collected from theromances of the times, in the costume and characters WI N C Wl NC. Arms of the Bishopric. of the reign of Henry VIII. In several parts it is per-forated by bullets, probably discharged by Cromwellssoldiers, while in possession of the city. An extensivecommon gaol for the county was erected in Gaol-street,in 1778, upon the principle recommended by the phi-lanthropist Howard: the county bridewell, a spaciousstructure in Hyde-street, was built in 1786. The origin of the Diocesemay be traced to the earlypart of the seventh century,when Cynegils, the firstChristian king of the WestSaxons, being converted bySt. Birinus, resolved to makehis capital the seat of
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