St Giles Hill

St Giles Hill, Winchester
settlement

parish:
county:
coords:
South Downs
Winchester
Hampshire
SU4929
refce: HANTSLOC.t
St Giles's Hill
otherwise: mons sanctii Egidii, 1208
refce: Coates 1989
ST GILES'S HILL, suburb of Winchester
William II granted the right to a fair to be held on the feast day of St Giles (Egidius in Latin), and the fair was held on this hill on the left bank of the Itchen.
old map
 Shown on an old map by Ogilby 1675
- hill - Hampshire
refce: Ogilby 1675 (pl.97)
(OG97SU42.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001