Kingsgate, Winchester
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Kingsgate is one of two surviving medieval gates to the city of Winchester
, England (the other is the Westgate
). The name was first recorded in 1148. The gate is on, or near, the site of one of the Roman gates to the city, and was the entrance to the royal palace before the Cathedral Close
was enclosed in the 10th century. The present gate is probably 14th century, with 18th-century pedestrian walkways.
Above the gate is the small church of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
. St Swithun was built in the Middle Ages
in the Early English style, and is unusual in forming a part of the fabric of the old city walls. It first appears in thirteenth century records and achieved some literary fame, under the fictional name of St Cuthberts, in Anthony Trollope
's novel The Warden
.
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
, England (the other is the Westgate
Westgate, Winchester
The Westgate is one of two surviving fortified gateways in Winchester, England . The earliest surviving fabric is of Anglo-Saxon character...
). The name was first recorded in 1148. The gate is on, or near, the site of one of the Roman gates to the city, and was the entrance to the royal palace before the Cathedral Close
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe...
was enclosed in the 10th century. The present gate is probably 14th century, with 18th-century pedestrian walkways.
Above the gate is the small church of St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate
St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church
St Swithun upon Kingsgate is an Anglican parish church in Winchester, Hampshire, England, built in the Middle Ages in the Early English style. Located above the medieval Kingsgate, one of the principal entrances to the city, the church is unusual in forming a part of the fabric of the old city walls...
. St Swithun was built in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
in the Early English style, and is unusual in forming a part of the fabric of the old city walls. It first appears in thirteenth century records and achieved some literary fame, under the fictional name of St Cuthberts, in Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. Some of his best-loved works, collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire...
's novel The Warden
The Warden
The Warden is the first novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire", published in 1855. It was his fourth novel.-Synopsis:...
.