Winchester (disambiguation)
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Winchester is a historic city in southern England.
Winchester may also refer to:
Features associated with Winchester, England
- Winchester Cathedral, a cathedral located in Winchester
- Winchester College, a public school in Winchester
- University of Winchester, a university in Winchester
- Winchester (UK Parliament constituency)
- City of Winchester, the local government district containing Winchester
Places
In Canada:
In 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
- Winchester, Vilas County, Wisconsin
- Winchester, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
- Winchester, Wyoming
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), an 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), Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, became the 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), American minister and a 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
- Scott Winchester (born 1973), American former Major League Baseball player
- Shurwayne Winchester (born 1974), a 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
Chemistry
- Winchester (bottle), a type of glass bottle used in laboratories for the storage of corrosive chemicals
Computers and software
- Winchester, codename for an Athlon 64 processor; see Athlon 64#Winchester .2890.C2.A0nm_SOI.29
- "Winchester disk", an alternative term for "hard disk" originating from the codename of the IBM 3340 hard disk; see Early IBM disk storage#IBM 3340
- V.35 or Winchester connector, an ITU-T standard for wideband modems located on layer 1 on the OSI model; see ITU-T V-Series Recommendations#Wideband modems
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
- SR.N6 Winchester, the class name for the military BHC SR.N6
Tourist attractions
- Winchester Mystery House, a well-known mansion in San Jose, California, that is now a tourist attraction
Firearms
- Winchester Repeating Arms Company, a company that operated from 1855 to 1980 as the maker of the Winchester rifle
- Winchester rifle, a term frequently used to describe any lever-action rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, although usually more specifically used in reference to the Winchester Model 1873 or the Winchester Model 1894 rifles
Weights and measures
- Winchester measure, an archaic set of weights and measures
- Winchester quart, an archaic measure of volume