Editing Winchester Cathedral (section)

=== Norman cathedral ===
When [[William the Conqueror]] invaded England in 1066, he began to install his own bishops in place of the Anglo-Saxon bishops.<ref name=":3" /> William installed his friend and relative [[Walkelin]] as the first Norman Bishop of Winchester in 1070, and nine years later, in 1079,<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=McAleer|first=J. Philip|date=1993|title=The Romanesque Facade of Winchester Cathedral|url=https://www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications/hampshirestudies/digital/1990s/vol49/McAleer.pdf|journal=Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club & Archaeological Society|volume=49|pages=129–147}}</ref> Walkelin began the construction of a huge new Norman cathedral, on a site just to the south of the Old and New Minsters, the site of the present building.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The new cathedral was consecrated with the completion of the east end in 1093, and the many tombs of Saxon kings moved from the Old Minster into the new cathedral. The following day, demolition of the New and Old Minsters began, and quickly progressed, leaving virtually no remains. The outline of the Old Minster can still be seen today to the north of the present nave.<ref name=":3" /> 
[[File:Winchester Cathedral Transept November 2020.jpg|left|thumb|Norman south transept]]
Work quickly progressed to the transepts and central tower, and these were certainly complete by 1100<ref name=":7" /> when [[William II of England|William Rufus]] was buried underneath the crossing tower. Work to the nave was probably interrupted in 1107 when the central tower fell,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> but was restarted following reconstruction of the tower, and completed before the death of [[William Giffard]], who was Bishop of Winchester from 1100 to his death in 1129. The standard of much of this building work was high, and thus much of it survives in the present building, most notably in the transepts which have an appearance almost as Walkelin left them. This building was monumental in size, more than {{convert|500|ft|m}} in length, and it still makes up the core of the present building.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" />