Our return visit to Windsor took place a week later than we had originally planned. Our plan was to revisit Windsor Castle, in particular St George’s Hall and St George’s Chapel, which was not fully open on our previous visit. The castle had only reopened a few days before our planned visit date following the [...]
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Windsor Revisited – Day One
9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2022
Filed under Holidays, Oxford 2014
Folly Bridge
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle of 912 records a settlement called Oxenford at a pace where local people would drive their cattle across the river. The popular belief has always been that the city takes its name from the words “ox” and “ford” and that the crossing place was here, at was is now Folly Bridge.
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16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 24th 2015
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Hungerford Bridge from the Eye
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2013
