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It has changed very little since 1937 and is the home of the Queen Mother when she visits Windsor.

Windsor Castle's round tower can be seen against the skyline.

The long building at the end of the cul-de-sac, now Windsor Court, is a home for the elderly.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

The Stag Inn dates back to the 18th century, and the elm tree on the right reputedly marked the centre of Windsor Forest.

When the District Council acquired the beach from the Windsor Estate, it required all the traders using it to obtain licences.

The late 17th-century Town Hall was designed by Sir Christopher Wren, whose father was Dean of Windsor.

The village was formerly known as Wyrardisbury, and in medieval times was part of the Crown Lands of Windsor. Magna Carta Island, where the famous charter was signed in 1215, is nearby.

Brian Coombs, who drove delivery lorries in the 1960s and 70s, remembers making several runs to Windsor Castle to deliver sausages and bacon.

This photograph shows the spire of St Andrew's church at Clewer, which is situated on the Thames, looking up towards Windsor Castle. Many servants of the royal household are buried in its churchyard.

At Romney Lock, a Salter Brothers' passenger steamer – the 'Nuneham' – heads towards Windsor Bridge.

This is Windsor Castle's world-famous entrance. By the 16th century, the main gateway was in such a poor state of repair that Henry VIII replaced it with the one that bears his name.

This is Windsor Castle's world-famous entrance. By the 16th century, the main gateway was in such a poor state of repair that Henry VIII replaced it with the one that bears his name.

This photograph shows the spire of St Andrew`s church at Clewer, which is situated on the Thames, looking up towards Windsor Castle. Many servants of the royal household are buried in its churchyard.

Among the town's more famous shops was Biggs, a high-class jeweller, where Queen Mary frequently purchased gifts when staying at nearby Windsor Castle.

Tylers Green was the centre of a major medieval tile-making industry whose decorated floor tiles were used at Windsor Castle in the 14th century and for paving numerous Chiltern churches.

Charles Windsor-Richards was the motor engineer and haulage contractor. The Brewer family were at the Red Lion, which is just past the shop.

Salters Steamers once ran a service between Windsor and Oxford, the entire journey taking two days. Today they only ply between Oxford and Abingdon.

Before the M4 motorway existed, traffic from London came through Datchet en route to Windsor. Francis Frith's Berkshire

The poet Percy Bysshe Shelley rowed to Lechlade from Windsor with his friends Mary Godwin, Thomas Love Peacock and Charles Clairmont in 1815.

The two most expensive hotels were the Central and the Windsor, where rooms started at 4s 6d a night.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and it emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor – the castle has been a royal residence sine 1075.

Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee statue of 1887 replaced a market cross, and it emphasises the 'company town' nature of Royal Windsor – the castle has been a royal residence sine 1075.

Frith's photographer could not resist one of the most photographed views along the Thames: Windsor Castle on its cliff-top towering above the town and river.