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Winkle Street was originally named Barrington Row, presumably after longtime residents of Swainston, the Barrington family.
These remained hidden behind whitewash until the 1960s leading John Betjeman to describe it as "Rip Van Winkle's Church".
Opposite the gateway, in Winkle Street, is the only other remaining substantial part of the original hospital, the Church of St. Julien.
Van Winkle was born in Linn County, Oregon, near the community of Halsey, to Isaac Newton Van Winkle and Elizabeth Ann Pearl.
He was rescued as a stray by his current owner, Lara Jo Regan, a renowned magazine photographer, who has had numerous calendars, books and cards published featuring photos of Mr. Winkle in various settings, costumes and poses.
These include cellular biologist Bruce Lipton, doctor and citizen diplomat Patch Adams, author and researcher Joseph Chilton Pearce, author and Rabbi Gershon Winkle, activists and sex educator Loraine Hutchins, Radical Honesty founder Brad Blanton, editor and author Diana Leafe Christian, memeticist Paxus Calta, and broadcaster, author, and psychotherapist Thom Hartmann.
To publicise their campaign they highlighted the dangers to sites well known through literature such as The Lake District (Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons and Beatrix Potter's Mrs Tiggy-Winkle), the North Kent Marshes (Charles Dickens's Great Expectations) and the River Pang.