Wolvesey

place and castle

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Wolvesey Castle, also known as the "Old Bishop's Palace", is a ruined building in Winchester, Hampshire, England that was a bishop's palace, and was briefly fortified during the later years of Henry of Blois, the Bishop of Winchester.

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Wolvesey became the residence of the bishops of Winchester in the late 10th century. This name means "Wulf's island", the higher ground between two streams of the River Itchen. The extent of the 12th century complex developed by Bishop Henri de Blois can still be appreciated. In 1684. Bishop Morley has a new house built in the baroque style. The surviving east wing remains the residence of Winchester bishops.

Old Bishops' Castle, Winchester, United Kingdom where it sited