Winchester (disambiguation)

Winchester is a historic city in southern England.

Winchester may also refer to:

Features associated with Winchester, England

• Winchester Cathedral
• Winchester College
• University of Winchester
• Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)
• City of Winchester, the local government district containing Winchester

Places

In Canada:

• Winchester, Ontario

In New Zealand:

• Winchester, New Zealand

In the United States:

• Winchester, Arkansas
• Winchester, California
• Winchester (San Jose), a neighborhood of San Jose, California
• Winchester, Connecticut
• Winchester, Macon County, Georgia
• Winchester, Idaho
• Winchester, Illinois
• Winchester, Indiana
• Winchester, Van Buren County, Iowa
• Winchester, Kansas
• Winchester, Kentucky
• Winchester, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• Winchester, Massachusetts
• Winchester, Wayne County, Mississippi
• Winchester, Missouri
• Winchester, Nevada
• Winchester, New Hampshire
• Winchester, Erie County, New York
• Winchester, Ohio
• Winchester, Oklahoma
• Winchester, Oregon
• Winchester, Tennessee
• Winchester, Texas
• Winchester, Virginia
• Winchester, Grant County, Washington, an unincorporated community
• Winchester (community), Vilas County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
• Winchester, Vilas County, Wisconsin, a town
• Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, a town
• Winchester, Wyoming

In Space

• 747 Winchester, an asteroid

Persons

• Henry of Winchester (1207–1271), who would become King Henry III of England
• Henry of Winchester (1101–1171), also known as Henry of Blois, the Bishop of Winchester
• Benjamin Winchester (1817–1901), early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement
• Boyd Winchester (1836–1923), United States Representative from Kentucky
• Brad Winchester (born 1981) American professional ice hockey player
• Caleb Thomas Winchester (1847–1920), professor for English literature at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
• Colin Winchester (1933–1989), highest ranking officer to be murdered in Australian policing history
• Ian Winchester (born 1973), discus thrower from New Zealand
• Jack Winchester (born 1882), Canadian professional ice hockey
• Jesse Winchester (born 1944), stage name of musician James Ridout Winchester
• Jesse Winchester (ice hockey) (born 1983), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• John de Winchester (d. 1460), bishop of Moray
• Olive Winchester (1879–1947), pioneer biblical scholar and theologian in the Church of the Nazarene
• Oliver Winchester (1810–1880), largest stockholder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company
• Sarah Winchester (1837–1922), wife of William Winchester and builder of the Winchester Mystery House
• Scott Winchester (born 1973), American former Major League Baseball player
• Shurwayne Winchester (born 1974), soca artist from Trinidad and Tobago
• Simon Winchester (born 1944), author and journalist
• William Wirt Winchester (1838–1881), son of Oliver Winchester

Fictional characters

• Major Charles Emerson Winchester III, a character in the television series M*A*S*H
• John Winchester (Supernatural), a character in the television series Supernatural
• Mary Winchester, a character in the television series Supernatural
• Dean Winchester, a character in the television series Supernatural
• Sam Winchester, a character in the television series Supernatural
• Ashley Winchester, a character in the PlayStation video game Wild Arms Second Ignition

Chemistry

• Winchester (bottle), used in laboratories for the storage of corrosive chemicals

Computers and software

• Winchester, code name for an Athlon 64 processor model
• Winchester, a once-common generic name for hard disks, from the code name for the early IBM 3440 storage system
• V.35 or Winchester connector, an ITU-T standard for wideband modems located on layer 1 on the OSI model

Film

• The Winchester, an English pub in the movie Shaun of The Dead
• Winchester '73, an American Western movie released in 1950 starring James Stewart

Historical documents

• The Book of Winchester, also known as the Domesday Book, the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086 for William I

Ships

• HMS Winchester, a name used seven times for Royal Navy warships from 1693–1946
• USS Winchester (SP-156), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917–1919

Hovercraft

• Winchester, the class name for the military BHC SR.N6

Tourist attractions

• Winchester Mystery House, a well-known mansion in San Jose, California

Firearms

• Winchester rifle
• Winchester Repeating Arms Company, manufacturer of Winchester firearms

Weights and measures

• Winchester measure, an archaic set of weights and measures
• Winchester quart, an archaic measure of volume