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Hospital of St Cross
St Cross Back St, Winchester SO23 9SD
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The Hospital of St Cross, the oldest charitable institution in England, and home of the Wayfarer’s Dole, where for the past 900 years bread and ale have been offered to anyone, especially a pilgrim, who has asked. Perhaps lunch there too in their community-run Hall. This all takes care of food for the body, but to nourish your soul further, step into the majesty of the Hospital Church itself, with its metre-thick stone walls and miniature grandeur that mysteriously opens your spirit. Lie on the floor in the middle of the crossing and feel the result of all that sacred geometry in the architecture.
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Britain’s Pilgrim Places
This listing is an extract from Britain’s Pilgrim Places, written by Nick Mayhew-Smith and Guy Hayward and featuring hundreds of similar spiritually charged sites and landscapes from across Britain.
Proceeds from sale of the book directly support the British Pilgrimage Trust, a non-profit UK charity. Thank you.
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