Population 9,091 (Ward 2011) | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district CT1 | |
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Wincheap is a road that gives its name to a southwest suburb of Canterbury in Kent, England. It forms part of the A28 road, stretching for nearly a mile from the city wall, close by Canterbury East railway station, to the over-crossing of the A2 and the parish of Thanington Without.
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Map of Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3RS, UK
History
Wincheap was established by the early 13th century. There are two theories about the name, either it comes from the Saxon Wenchiape, a wine market, or from Weychep from the old English Waegnceap, a wagon, which might have been parked outside the city walls.
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Wincheap Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA