Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral is one of Britain's largest cathedrals and is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to St Peter and St Paul. Formerly, there was a Benedictine monastery associated with the site, but this was dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII.

The cathedral was rebuilt during Norman times and parts of the building (the crypt and transepts) survive from the end of the eleventh century. Most of the building, however, was redesigned and re-constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries in Gothic style. The Norman tower was possibly once higher than it presently appears if, as is quite probable, it had a wooden spire.

William II (d.1100 AD) is buried in the cathedral. Mary Tudor was married to Philip II of Spain there in 1554.