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Chapman's Hall, St Mary Wode, Winchester, and Maydenchamber white plaque

Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Chapman's Hall, St Mary Wode, Winchester, and Maydenchamber white plaque

By 1130 this property was known as Chapman's Hall, where linen cloths were sold. A connection with the clothing trade may have begun 100 years earlier, when a guild hall was located here. Nearby was a small parish church, known in the 14th century as St Mary Wode, suggesting the sale of woad and oth

er dyestuffs. Along the northern boundary of the property was Maydenchamber, a public latrine built over a stream.

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