Next to Cheyney Court is St Swithun's Gate, sometimes called Prior's Gate or Close Gate. This gate is the entry/exit to the Cathedral Close. They still close these gates at 10pm each night and a couple of times when coming out of the Wickham Arms Pub, I've found I am locked out of the city!
That would be discomforting—to be locked out of the city. How in the world do you get back in?
ReplyDeleteSo quaint!
ReplyDeleteFortunately the city walls don't go all the way round anymore, so there are other ways back in!
ReplyDeleteI have had the opposite - my car and I have been locked in! You can walk in and out, but you can't get your car out once it is in. The headmaster of Pilgrim's School had to let me out.
ReplyDeleteFunny! Thanks for all your comments, nice to have someone who knows Winchester so well pass by!
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