Location within the British Isles

Bishop's Waltham is a town in Hampshire, England with a population of around 6,500 people. In 904, it was given by the king to the Bishop of Winchester. In 1136 Henry du Blois, a later bishop built the now-ruined Bishops Waltham Palace. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The British Isles consist of Great Britain, Ireland and a number of much smaller surrounding islands. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... Events Accession of Sergius III Destruction of Changan, the capital of Tang Dynasty and the largest city in the ancient world. ... Arms of the Bishop of Winchester The diocese of Winchester is one of the oldest and most important in England. ... Events Completion of the Saint Denis Basilica in Paris Peter Abelard writes the Historia Calamitatum, detailing his relationship with Heloise People of Novgorod rebel against the hereditary prince Vsevolod and depose him Births Amalric I of Jerusalem William of Newburgh, English historian (died 1198) Deaths November 15 - Margrave Leopold III...

William of Wykeham died in the town, while after the Battle of Trafalgar, some French sailors including Admiral Villeneuve were imprisoned there with his bum. William of Wykeham (1320–September 27, 1404), Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College and of New College, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle, was born in Wickham, Hampshire. ... The Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805, is part of the War of the Third Coalition assembled by Britain against France. ... Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763-1806) was a French Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars notable for his command of the French and Spanish fleets defeated by Horatio Nelson and the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar. ...

There are many Georgian buildings in the town alongside the Norman parish church. Unusually for Britain, there is a man with a brain nearby. The Nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the nave anticipates the Gothic style. ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ...

There is also a very good co-op that does cheap orangeade but the cheese rolls are often mouldy.