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
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A Room With a View
Holiday diaries of my recent mini break in Windsor are coming soon. Watch this space…
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2022
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St George’s Chapel, Windsor
St George’s Chapel is the place of worship at Windsor Castle. It is both a Royal Peculiar and the Chapel of the Order of the Garter.
The castle chapel was established in the 14th century by King Edward III and began extensive enlargement in the late 15th century. It has been the location of many royal [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2022
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“The Queen” Locomotive – Windsor
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS IN full swing when “The Queen,” the early steam locomotive that transported Queen Victoria between Windsor and London, was constructed. In fact, Victoria was the first British monarch to travel by rail, making her maiden voyage on June 13, 1842.
During her long reign, from 1837 to 1901, Victoria traveled by train dozens of [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2022
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The Market Cross House – Windsor
The current oak-framed building suffers from a distinct lean. It replaced an earlier building (1592) that was demolished in 1687 to allow for the building of the Guildhall next door However there was a land dispute and eventually the new Market Cross was “rebuilt” in 1718 on or very close to its original location.
The original [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2022
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The Parish Church of St John the Baptist
The present building dates from 1822 when it replaced an ancient building with Saxon arches and Norman work that was in dire need of expensive renovation. The outer walls follow the plan of the mediaeval church with old burial vaults lying beneath the present floor; retained memorials from the previous church can be [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 31st 2022
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Windsor Guildhall
From Wiki:
A deed of 1369, now in the possession of Eton College, refers to the “gildaule”, and a charter of 1439 states that “pleas happening in the said borough … shall be pleaded and holden in the guildhall there, before the mayor and bailiffs for the time being”.[2] Norden’s map of 1607 shows a market house in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 30th 2022
