Winnall, Hampshire
Winnall | |
---|---|
The Golden Lion pub, Winnall | |
Winnall Location within Hampshire | |
OS grid reference | SU492298 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WINCHESTER |
Postcode district | SO23 |
Dialling code | 01962 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament |
|
Winnall is a northern suburb of Winchester, Hampshire, on the east bank of the River Itchen. It is the location of the Winnall Moors nature reserve on the flood-plain of the Itchen and the University of Southampton's Erasmus Park hall of residence. Winnall is also the location of St Swithun's School , Winnal Primary school and Winchester's main industrial estate, occupying land between the A34 and the former Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway, by junction 9 of the M3.
The name is presumed to derive from Wilighealh, a Saxon name probably relating to willows, mentioned in the Domesday Book as part of nearby Chilcomb. It appears in its modern spelling on a 1575 map by Saxton.[1] Winnall was an ancient parish (incorporating that of St Giles by the late 13th century[2]), but was later absorbed by Winchester, and is not a modern civil parish.
References[]
- ^ Saxton (1575). "Map of Hampshire". Old Hampshire Gazetteer. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
- ^ Derek Keene, Alexander Richard Rumble,Survey of medieval Winchester, Oxford University Press, 1985, ISBN 0-19-813181-X, P1112
- City of Winchester