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1000 greatly enlarged and improved and new royal
waitin'* rooms b u ilt: in March, 1882, a m iscreant
named5 Maclean fired at the late Queen Victoria as
she was leaving the station, but happily without effect.
Motor ’buses now run from the G reat W estern R ail­
way station to Winkfield and Ascot, as well as to Eton
and Slough, in connection with the principal trains to
and from London.
The parish church of St. John the Baptist, in the
High street, was rebuilt in 1822 at an expense of
¿14,040 17s. 3d. of which ¿1,005 was subscribed by
the K ing and Royal F am ily, and is an edifice of free­
stone in a nondescript style of modern Gothic, 90 feet
in length by 60 feet wide, with later additions at the
east end in much better style, and consists of apsidal
chancel, nave of six bays, aisles and a western em ­
battled tower with pinnacles containing 8 bells, two
of which were presented by Samuel, 1st Baron Masham,
cofferer to Queen Anne, in 1707; the rest are said to
be Elizabethan : within, the church has a generally fine
appearance, although, from being surrounded by gal­
leries on three sides, the effect is somewhat h e a v y :
the chancel is decorated with mosaics by Salviati, repre­
senting angels and objects symbolical of the Crucifixion :
the windows of the apse are stained, that in the centre
bein'’- a memorial to the late Mrs. E lliso n : on the
south side is a kind of chapel, form ing a royal pew
attached to Frogm ore House, and occasionally occupied
by the Princess Christian; it ha§ a separate entrance
from the churchyard, and is chiefly rem arkable for its
fme carved screen of oak, the work of Grinling Gibbons,
formerly in St. George’s chapel: the chairs formerly
in the Frogmore pew. but now at the end of the stalls,
were presented to the church by H .R.H. the late
Princess Augusta : on the wall of the north-west vesti­
bule are two ancient black-letter inscriptions, aim -st
illegible, one of which, dated 1509, commemorates
William Canon, mayor of Windsor, and Elizabeth bis
wife : here is also the monument of Sir Thomas Reeve,
Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who resided
at Windsor and died in 1736; it consists of a sarco­
phagus and pyram id of veined marble, with bust of
•himself and his wife, by Scheemaker, and was erected
at th e cost of Dr. Mead ; in the north aisle is a quaint
undated monument of the 16th century, inscribed to
Hdward Jobson, Ely nor, his wife, and their fam ily,
with kneeling effigies of all, and above, a shield of
arm s: there are also other memorials to Sir Thomas
Reeve of Holyport, ob. 1777; Topham Foot esq. ob.
1712, with a bust by Scheem aker; John, son of Sir
William Dugdale, ob. 1570; W illiam Heberden M.D. d.
17th of May, 1801, and to the fam ilies of Braham,
Starkey, Hale, Topham and L itto n : in the west gallery
is a large picture of the Last Supper, discovered in
1707 behind the wainscot of one of the chantries in
St. George’’s chapel and used as the altar-piece there
till 1788, when it was presented by George III. to the
parish church, together with the o rgan : the windows
of the apse and two others are stained : an oak screen,
from designs by Sir Arthur Blomfield A .R .A . was
erected in 1898,' at a cost of ¿300, to commemorate
the Diamond Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria,
and in 1906 extensive alterations were made at a cost
of about ¿2,300: a large organ was also erected at a
cost of ¿1,4 5 0 ; a new system of warm ing and ventila­
tion introduced, a choir vestry built and m uch of the
gallery reseated : there are 1,200 sittings, of which about
<00 are free. The register dates from the year t 559.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value ¿453, with
residence and including two-thirds of the proceeds of
one of the suspended canonries of St. George (the
remaining third being given to the rectory of Holy
Trinity), in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held
since i8qt; by the Rev. John Henry Joshua Ellison M.A.
of Merton College. Oxford, chaplain in ordinary to the
King, and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
All Saints’, a chapel of ease to the parish church in
Frances road, is a structure of brick in the Early
English style, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays,
south aisle and a central turret containing one b e ll:
the first stone was laid on the 21st November. 1868, by
the late Em press Frederick of G erm an y: there are
about 400 sittings, 150 being free.
Holv Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1842
out of the parish of Clewer. The church of the Holv
Trinity, in Trinity place, the foundation stone of which
was laid by the late Prince Consort, on the 4th April.
1842, is a cruciform building of brick, in the Early
English style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave of
seven bays, aisles, transepts and a western tower with
pinnacles and spire, containing one b e ll: galleries sur­
round the interior on three sides, on the face of which
are inscribed t-he names of the officers and men of the

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Guards who fell during the Crimean war, 1,800 in all:
in 1881 handsome carved oak choir stalls were erected
at the cost of the late Sir W atkin W illiam s Wynn bart.
to the memory of his nephew, who was drowned at
Windsor w eir: in 1882 a stained window was inserted
in the chancel by public subscription to commemorate
the deliverance of Her late M ajesty Queen Victoria from
assassination at W indsor; communion rail* of carved
oak were erected at the same tim e : the church also
contains monuments to Gen. Sir Thomas Myddelton
Bidduiph K.O.B. keeper of the Queen’s p n v y purse,
1867-78; Henry, 4th Baron Rossmore, lieut. 1st Life
Guards, d. 28th March, .874; Sir Algernon Peyton
bart. capt. 1st Life Guards, d. 25th March, 1872, to.
Thomas, 4th E arl of Eanfurly, capt. G ren a d ier Guards,,
died in Abyssinia, loth May, 1875, and to the late Col.,
the Hon. Oliver Montague, d. 24th Jan. 1893; the
stained east window was given by the Grenadier
G uards; others in the south and west by the Cold­
stream G uard s; the north transept window was erected
by the Rev. A. Robins M.A. rector 1873-99 to the
memory of the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale
K G. d. 14 Jan. 1892, and was unveiled by His late
M ajesty K ing Edward VII. then Prince of W ales 12th
Aucrust, 1892; the pulpit was presented by the
Guards and the font by the non-commissioned officersand privates of the 2nd Battalion G re n a d ie r G u a rd s;
the reredos w^as painted by Mrs. Robins, wife of the
Rev. A. Robins: a chapel adjoining the chancel has
been built by the officers of the 1st Life G uards,
the
commemoramon of their comrades who fell
Egyptian campaign, 1883: a baptistery was opened in
1000, as a m emorial to the Rev. A rth ur Robins M.A,
(rector 1873-1900); and three memorial brasses were
placed in 1901-02 by tbe regim ents of Household cavalry,
to the ufficers and’ men who fell in South A fric a : the
church will seat 1,400 persons, 800 sittings being free.
The register dates from the year 1844. The living wasdeclared a rectory, April 3rd, 1866, net yearly value
¿400, with residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor,
and held since 1900 by the Rev. Henry Tower M .A. of
Hertford College, Oxford, M .V.O. and acting chaplain
to the Household Brigade.
St. Saviour's, in River street, erected in 1875, at a
cost of ¿1,400, as a chapel of ease to Holy T rinity, isr
an edifice of brick and stone in the Early English style,
from designs by Mr. Stephen M. Wyborn. architect, of
Windsor, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays,north aisle, eastern porch, and a turret at the east end
containing one bell: the foundation stone was laid Kov.
25th, 1875. by H.R.H. Princess Christian: there are 150
sittings.
Clewer St. Stephen is an ecclesiastical parish, formed
Oct. 18th, 1872, from the parish of Clewer. The church,
in Yansittart road, was erected in 1873-4, at a cost of
¿6,327, and consecrated in 1874 and is an edifice of
white brick with stone dressings, in the E arly English
style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of sixbays, low side aisles and a central crocketed ffeche,c-ontaining one b e ll: m any of the windows are stained
and there is a fine reredos: the church was enlarged
and a chapel added in 1897, in com m emoration of the
Diamond Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria, and a
norch built in 1905 : there are 700 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1873. The livin g is a vicarage, of
the yearly value ¿280, in the gift of five trustees, and
held since 1873 by the Rev. George Davenport NicholasM.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Close to St. Stephen’s church are St. Stephen’s
College for Ladies, and High, Interm ediate and N ational'
Schools, undeT the care of the Com m unity of St. John,
the Baptist, Clewer.
The Catholic church, in the Alm a road, dedicated toSt. Edward, is a building of K entish ragstone, erected
at a cost of about ¿4,000, and consists of chancel, nave,
aisles and ch an try: the chapel contains pictures by
Murillo and Carlo Dolci, and a beautiful rered o s: the
windows are all stained, m any being the work of Ion
P a ce: the church will seat about 500 persons.
The Wesleyan chapel, in Alm a road, erected in 1876-7,
is a building of stone in the G othic style of the 14th
century, and will seat 700 persons.
The Congregational chapel, W illiam street, was first
founded in 1778 : the present building was erected in
1832, and will seat 600 persons.
The Baptist chapel in Victoria street, built in 1838,
seats 360 persons, and there is also a Baptist chapel in
Adelaide square, built in 1881, and seating 120.
Tbe Prim itive Methodist chapel in Denmark street has
130 sittings.
The Brethren have a chapel in Sheet street, with 10 0
sittings, and another in St. Leonard’s road, seating 3 0 0 .

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