Winchester, Painted by Wilfrid BallVarley, Telford
History
Winchester, Painted by Wilfrid Ball
Varley, Telford
Winchester (England) -- Description and travel; Winchester (England) -- History; Winchester (England) -- Pictorial works
Westgate.
The Castle. --||-- Snidelingestret (_or Tailors’
|| Street_), _now Westgate Lane_.
||
Gerestret (_or Gar Street, --||-- Bredenestret (_now Staple Gardens_).
now Trafalgar Street_). || _Here later on the
|| Wool Staple was placed._
||
Goldestret (_or Gold Street, --||-- Scowertenestret (_Shoe-waremen’s
now Southgate Street_). || Street or Cobblers’
|| Street_), _now Jewry Street.
|| The Jewish Ghetto was here--hence
|| its present name._
||
Calpestret (_or St. Thomas’s --||-- Alwarenestret (_All-wares-men’s
Street_). || Street or Drapers’ Street_),
|| (_now disappeared_).
||
Menstrestret (_now Little --||-- Flesmangerestret (_Flesh-mongers’
Minster Street_). || Street or Butchers’
|| Shambles_), _now St. Peter’s
|| Street_.
||
The Monastic Quarter. --||-- Sildwortenestret (_or Shieldware-men’s
|| Street_), _now Upper
|| Brook Street. The name survives
|| in Silver Hill._
||
||-- Wenegerestret (_or Wongar
|| Street_), _now Middle Brooks_.
||
||-- Tannerestrete (_or Tanners’
_On this side also was_ || Street_), _now Lower Brook
Colobrochestret (_or Colebrook || Street_.
Street_). _Close by was the ||
[1]Hantachenesle, the quarters ||-- Bucchestrete (_near Eastgate_).
of one of the ‘Gilds.’_ ||
Eastgate.
]
during the fairs of St. Giles. The shieldmakers reflect its military
importance, and the goldsmiths the rank and material wealth of those for
whom it catered.
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