Winnall is a northern suburb of

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, on the east bank of the River Itchen. It is the location of the

Winnall Moors Winnall Moors is a nature reserve in Winchester in Hampshire. It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. The southern section is owned by Winchester City Council and has been managed by HIWWT since the 1980s. The northern ...

nature reserve on the flood-plain of the Itchen and the

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's Erasmus Park hall of residence. Winnall is also the location of St Swithun's School , Winnal Primary school and Winchester's main industrial estate, occupying land between the A34 and the former

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, by junction 9 of the M3. The name is presumed to derive from ''Wilighealh'', a

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name probably relating to willows, mentioned in the

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as part of nearby

Chilcomb Chilcomb is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire east of Winchester and includes the South Downs Way long-distance footpath. History The nearby bowl barrow on Telegraph Hill along the South Downs Way just east o ...

. It appears in its modern spelling on a 1575 map by Saxton. Winnall was an ancient parish (incorporating that of St Giles by the late 13th centuryDerek Keene, Alexander Richard Rumble,''Survey of medieval Winchester'',

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, 1985, , P1112), but was later absorbed by Winchester, and is not a modern civil parish.

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