Winchester also gave its name (Frenchified to "Bicêtre") to a suburb of Paris, from a manor built there by John of Pontoise, Bishop of Winchester, at the end of the 13th century.
== Pobratena mesta ==Winchester is twinned with:* Laon, Francija* Gießen, NemčijaWinchester, Virginia, ki je poimenovan po angleškem mestu, katerega župan je stalno del festivala ameriških mest "Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival".