Editing Swithun (section)

==Legacy==
There are in excess of forty [[Church (building)|churches]] dedicated to St Swithun, which can be found throughout the south of England, especially in [[Hampshire]] – see [[St Swithun's Church (disambiguation)|this list]]. An example is [[St Swithun's Church, Headbourne Worthy|St Swithun's, Headbourne Worthy]], to the north of Winchester. This church is surrounded on three sides by a brook that flows from a spring in the village; the [[lych gate]] on the south side is also a bridge over the brook, which is unusual. Other churches dedicated to St Swithun can be found at [[Walcot, Bath|Walcot]],<ref name=walcot>[http://www.stswithinswalcot.org.uk/ St. Swithin's, Walcot, Bath]</ref> [[St Swithin's Church, Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[St Swithun's Church, Worcester|Worcester]],<ref name=worcester>[http://www.swithun.org.uk/page02_Swithun.htm St. Swithun's, Worcester] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130707075735/http://www.swithun.org.uk/page02_Swithun.htm |date=7 July 2013 }}</ref> Cheswardine, Shropshire and western [[Norway]], where [[Stavanger Cathedral]] is dedicated to him. He is also commemorated at St Swithin's Lane in the [[City of London]] (site of the former church of [[St Swithin, London Stone]], demolished after wartime damage in 1962), [[St Swithun's School, Winchester|St Swithun's School]] for girls in Winchester and St Swithun's quadrangle in [[Magdalen College, Oxford]]. In [[Stavanger]], Norway, several schools and institutions are named “St Svithun” after him.