St Bartholomew Churchyard in Winchester, Hampshire

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Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9LH England

Coordinates: 51.06893, -1.31440
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St Bartholomew Church dates from mediaeval times and was originally constructed in the forecourt of Hyde Abbey (1110). The Abbey was demolished at the Reformation and some of its materials were used to enlarge St Bartholomew. Some examples of mediaeval sculpture remain in the church building.

Hyde Abbey was the final resting place for the bones of King Alfred the Great, his Queen Aelswitha and their son Edward the Elder. The Abbey vaults were excavated in the mid 19th century, and an unmarked grave outside the east window of St Bartholomew was said to be the place where Alfred and his family were re-buried after excavation. Some bones were exhumed from this grave in 2013 but studies revealed these bones were probably not those of the royal family.