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Follow the fortunes of the Regiment's active service including the Battle of Minden, Germany in 1759 through wars in China, Afghanistan, India the Mutiny and the North West Frontier, and South Africa to the great campaigns of the First and Second World Wars. The Regiment Museum comprises…
Distance: 13.9 miles away

Set in open meadow land to the south of Winchester, the Hospital of St Cross was founded in the 1130's by Bishop Henry of Blois for thirteen poor men, feeble and so reduced in strength that they can scarcely or not at all support themselves without other…
Distance: 14.7 miles away

The regimental museum for The King's Royal Hussars is located with Home Headquarters South in Peninsula Barracks in Winchester. The museum is open to the public and gives an excellent account of the history of The King's Royal Hussars and its former regiments. As well as…
Distance: 13.8 miles away

The museum is housed in two of Newbury's most historic buildings. The Cloth Hall was built in 1626‐1627 by Richard Emmes, a master carpenter of Speenhamland for the Newbury Corporation as a cloth factory. Originally part of a larger range of buildings with a courtyard in…
Distance: 12.9 miles away

Whitchurch Silk Mill is a working mill with historic machinery including 14 power looms, winding frames, warping mill and an undershot waterwheel. The waterwheel was installed in 1890 to provide power to all the mill's machinery. The wheel is still operating and the belt drives, pulleys…
Distance: 5.8 miles away

Spanning the River Itchen, this water‐powered corn mill was first recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086. Rebuilt in 1744, it remained in use until the turn of the last century and has now been restored to full working order. The waterwheel and machinery turn daily…
Distance: 13.8 miles away

Winchester College was founded in the fourteenth century by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to Richard II. William of Wykeham was one of the greatest architectural and artistic patrons of his day and his medieval buildings at the College are still in use, mostly…
Distance: 14.3 miles away