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Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire. 2,442 likes · 4 talking about this · 7,838 were here. Winchester College is an Independent school offering boarding for boys 13-18 & co-ed day pupils 16-18
Winchester College is an English public school (a long-established fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) with some provision for day attendees, in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 as a feeder school for New College, Oxford, and has existed in its present location ever since.
The history of Winchester College began in 1382 with its foundation by William of Wykeham. He was a former Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor to both Edward III and Richard II. He decided to found the school in response to the lack of trained priests after the Black Death.
Old Wykehamists are former pupils of Winchester College, so called in memory of the school's founder, William of Wykeham. [1] [2] He was Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school in 1382 and a university college, New College, Oxford , in 1379; both of them were ...
Winchester College is a world famous, independent boarding school in Hampshire for pupils aged 13-18, with a co-ed Sixth Form offering day places. Sixth Form applications are now open for September 2025 entry.
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Winchester College is an English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13 to 18. Its original medieval buildings from the 1382 foundation remain largely intact, but they have been supplemented by multiple episodes of construction. Additions were made in the medieval and early modern periods.
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