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white b rick w ith stone dressings, in the E arly English 1627: th e earliest seal dates from the reign of E dw ard
style,
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a central
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bays,
side
aisles
and
a
crocketed
flèche,
two shields of arm s, resp ectively of England and C astile
containing one b ell: m any of the windows are stained and L e o n : the m ayor’s seal of the early 15th cen tu ry
and there is a fine reredos : th e church was enlarged has a castle w ith four towers, over which is a stag ’9
and a chapel added in 1897, in com m em oration of the head caboshed and between the antlers a shield of arm s
Diamond Jubilee of the late Queen V icto ria, and a of t ranee and England q u arterly: the robes of the
porch built in 1905 : there are 700 sittin gs. Th e register m ayor and alderm en are scarlet, and those of the
dates from the year 1873. Th e livin g is a vicarage, of councillors of purple.
the yearly value ¿280, in the g ift of five trustees, and
F airs w ere ,£ormer&_held on E aster Tuesday for cattle,
held since 1873 by the Rev. G eorge D avenport Nicholas
° nJ r e Sth JuIy’ for cattle and wool, and on Oct. 24th.
M .A. of Pem broke College. Oxford.
Th e Th eatre Royal, in Tham es street, b uilt in 1815
Close to St. S tephen’s church are St. S tephen’s and reb u ilt in 1910, after being burnt down, at a cost
College for Ladies, and H igh, Interm ediate and N ational of nearly ¿6,000, w ill hold 1,000 persons.
Schools, under the care of the C om m un ity of S t. John
The M asonic H all, in Church lane, designed by SiT
the Baptist, Clewer.
Christopher W ren, is the freehold prop erty of the W ind­
The Catholic church, in the A lm a road, dedicated to sor C astle lodge, No. 7 7 1 ; the W indsor Castle Chapter
St. Edward, is a b uildin g of K en tish ragstone in the of the Royal A rch and the V icto ria lodge, No. 2,671
E arly E nglish style, erected at a cost of about ¿6,000 : and the C om m ercial Tem perance lodge No. 3,144 also
the church consists of chancel, nave, aisles and ch an try ; hold th eir m eetin gs here.
the chapel contains p ictures by M urillo and Carlo Dolci,
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Eton and W indsor Rov&l H um ane Society, estaband a beautiful reredos, havin g in the centre a 14th
.T^3 5 * has its head quarters at the “ Crown
century statue of the V irg in M ary : the windows are all and C ushion,” E ton , and consists of about 50 working
stained, m any being the w ork of Ion Pace : th e church m em bers and 100 honorary m em bers, each subscribing
w ill seat about 500 persons.
6s. yearly. A w aterm an is especially stationed at Cuckoo.
The W esleyan chapel, in A lm a road, erected in 1876-7, W eir bathin g place.
is a building of stone in the G othic style of the 14th
T h e W indsor V olunteer F ire B rigade consists of a
century, and will seat 700 persons.
captain, dep uty captain, forem an, escape forem an
The Congregational chapel, W illiam street, was first engineer, sub. and honorary officers and 20 firem en;
founded in 1778 : the p resent b uildin g was erected in the new head quarters in St. Leon ard’s road, opened
1832, and will seat 600 persons.
in Oct. 1906, by G en. H. R. H. Prince C hristian K .G .,
The B aptist chapel in V icto ria street, b u ilt in. 1838, l . C . is a stru ctu re of brick w ith stone facings, and
seats 360 persons, and there is also a B ap tist chapel in here a steam fire engine and a fire escape are kept, and
Adelaide square, b uilt in 1881, and seating 120.
two fire escapes, a m an ual engine and hose reel in
T he Prim itive M ethodist chapel in Denm ark street has C hurch street. Th ere is a sub-station in A lm a road
130 sittings.
consisting of hose tru ck and chem ical extin guisher, and
The Brethren have a chapel in S h eet street, w ith 100 at bpital one fire escape and slidin g ladder.
sittings, and another in St. Leon ard’s road, seating 300.
An A m ateu r R egatta for W indsor and Eton is held
The C em etery, a t S p ital, one m ile south from the annually when challenge and presentation prizes are
town, is twelve acres in exten t, and has a m ortu ary offered for com petition.
chapel : it is u nder the control of a B u rial Board of 10
The Tham es swans are annually the subject of a visit
members.
/ 11 ¿ u n e , from, the K in g ’s swan herd and officials
The Town H all is a plain buildin g in the Italian 0f t the
D yers and the Vin tners’ Com panies for the
style, supported by colum ns and arches of Portland purpose of
n ick in g ” the swans and cygnets.
stone, and was erected in 1686 from a design by Sir
Race m eetings are held at different periods of the
Christopher W re n ; the in terior colum ns w ere added at j e a r ; th e course, on R ay's Island, above Clewer, about
the request of the Corporation, who th ou gh t W ren’s floor a m ile from the town, is on a flat, w ith a straig h t run
unsafe, b ut the architect, relyin g on his w ork, arranged in of six furlongs.
b
that they should not touch the beam s, as m ay be seen
The principal hotels are the “ W hite H art,” the “ S tar
on close insp ection: on the north side is a statue of and G a rter
and the “ C astle ” (com m ercial)
Queen Anne, w ith the legend :
Bachelors A cre, on the west side of H igh street, i?
“ A r t e t u a sc u l p t o r non e s t im i t a b il i s A n n a ■
A n n æ v i s s im il e m s c u l p e r e s c u l p e D e a m ; ”

011 the south side is the effigy of her consort, Prince
George of Denm ark, in Rom an m ilitary habit and wearing a p eriw ig, w ith the inscription :
“ S e r e n is s im o G e o r q io P r i n c i p i D a n i a a e H e r o i O m n i
S æ cu lo V en erando : ”

the hall contains the p ortra its of Queen E lizabeth, after
Hpna$ I e
/if’ JameS L
M irevelt, C harles I. by
“ ni 7 | . tone- ,th ® statu ary and painter, com m only called
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S l“ V Charles I I Jam es I L by g ir ¿ od
Kneller, W illiam III. by John R iley, M ary II. Anne
n o ] d iV
and. , p u *en C harlotte, after Sir Joshua R ey­
nolds, G eorge IV. by Sir T . Law ren ce, H.M . the late

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ground,
stands
an’ obelisk,
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1810, by the bachelors of W indsor, in m em ory of G eorge
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afterw ards increased in num ber
Francis Crane kt. from a benefaction left in
I i?‘ r P a t"
le M aire, -whose sister M ary he
m arried have th eir residences on the south side of the
Low er C astle w a rd : there w ere orig in ally 26 knights
b ut tw o more w ere subsequently added, to m ake them

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*be K n i«hts Com panions of the
O rder of the G arter, each of whom bad the r ig h t of
appointing one A lm s K n ig h t : in th e reign of E lifa b eth
the num ber was reduced to 13 and the knights were
then nom inated by the Queen, and called “ K n igh ts of
W indsor,
and these constitute th e present Royal
latePew lRestvr’1V ‘ ” d ‘ a PnnCe Ctmsort. presented by Her
Rond
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B u p ert 1,7 Jacob D 'A gar, Theodore foun dation ; the five kn igh ts of the Low er, or S ir Peter
le
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s
foundation,
are also now appointed by the
Charles p ? 'l‘ / k 1[aa‘ o r, to the
Archbishop Laud,
Charles Earl of N ottingham , by Zucch eto, and W illiam reig n in g sovereign : the nam e b y which the order is
now known was assigned b y W illiam IV . and it at
Charles K m V b i ° T g 1 .t °gath er lvitb a “ arble bust of
K th
k ! t f publisher, born at W indsor, March R o t t l . c,o nslsts ,°,f ° " e governor and 12 knights on th e
15th, .791, by the late Joseph D urham A .R .A . • adjoin- R yal and 3 on the Low er foundation
The Royal A lb ert In stitu te, in Sheet street, opened in
evfry S aturd ay
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fl° WerS> m arkets be'inS held January, ,881 by His late M ajesty K in g E d w ird V I I
P ™ ce. of ^T3168- 58 a buildin g of red brick, w ith
arid'1h-ulr,!]0' ] ] 3 m signia include a m ace, m ayor’s chain
and b adge, two cups and seals: the m ace, of silver- stone dressings in the Tudor G othic style- over the
StS‘ \ e of tbe Iats P ri" aa Consort, p re­
“ ith a 3, n i L l hm d ° nga a? d its shaft is richly chased s t i c d ' t V
sented by M rs R ichardson-G ardner: the buildin g C o n ­
m assive knon, J w i
4fobaSe and encircled w ith tains reading, billiard, l a d ie s ’ and class ro o m s, a lib r a r y
base exhibit? t î
I y / eated ’ the la r£e spreading
r ‘ *b i bodt, 8,’? 0° v olu m es; i t h a s a la r g e le c t u r e b all
support the h d
ba0r<f gh ar” s i scrolled brack et! capable
of holding 500 persons, and a m useum - in 1808
by dem i-folia oed ’ fi
ls div’ (ied >"to com partm ents a sm aller hall was added, which scats 150 persons.
national . m i f
g 'm S ' m i in tbese 8P“ es are the
national em blem s crowned, and each w ith the letters The governm ent school of art and technical classes and
b a d g e ’ of g o l d .
h° " Î
is l6 6 o : the chain and 2 t o h 3 d T e r e
° P erati° a" d D ram atic S od et7
and enlarged hv W ’.r reSeîar - b7 G eorge I V ' in l82t>
There are charities am oun tin g to ¿140 13s yearly for
p la y, the ho b 7 , WllIlam I v - >n 1830 : th e badge disap p ren ticin g; ¿270 18s. ,d . 4
education ' / a for a
foHaoe a n d
a™ S W,thin a circle and a ^ ^ a th of
oovered oun dats" 7 ° ™ tad by a royal crow n : the taU serm on ; ¿2,30 7 10s. id . for alm shouses ftm - /hao
ered cup dates from 1660 and the sm aller one from
a id
9 I0 S ’ in
and
£37 X
t8s. 9d. rifb
foUr * itnhne igne nkeir"a l! ;u s^e s, 8 of
t h e po o r.

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