Alfred the Great

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A statue of King Alfred the Great stands at the eastern end of The Broadway in Winchester. The statued was designed by Hamo Thornycroft, R.A., and erected in 1899. On a humourous note, a myth of uncertain origin states that if a female virgin at least 16 years old walks around the statue three times in a clockwise direction, Alfred will lower his sword.

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