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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.

The erection of iron railings by the Windsor Estate to enclose and prevent access to the beach except by gates is already under way.

Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world – it covers 13 acres.

The five on each side depict the familial arms of Herbert, Crichton, Stuart, Montague and Windsor.

Such were the number of visitors navigating the overgrown and makeshift route from the town centre to the beach that the Windsor estate prioritised the construction of a more permanent path.

Shortly after it was dedicated in 1927, the Prince of Wales (the future Duke of Windsor) came from Bournemouth to lay a wreath in the presence of schoolchildren.

The asymmetrical frontage of the palace was designed by Sir Jeffry Wyattville, who later went on to work on the re-construction of Windsor Castle (for which he was knighted), and the Pantheon and St Anne's

Lord Windsor, Chairman of Barry Docks and Railway Company, gave this road its name.

Princess Christian had always been interested in developing the nursing profession in Windsor and she bought two houses, on the corner of Clarence Road and Trinity Place, in 1894 to establish a Nursing

Built in 1813 for banker and brewer John Ramsbottom, it was used as the offices for the Windsor Brewery until it closed in 1934.

1550), who after going to Oxford became one of Henry VIII's chaplains, and in 1520 was appointed Canon of Windsor.

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

This new post office has been opened recently at the corner of Baytree Hill and Windsor Place.

The Windsor Gardens, above the esplanade, afford pleasant walks and views.

On the Windsor bank the non-Etonian spectators watch the Procession of College Boats.

Windsor racecourse is close by here.

It was much altered in 1770-88, with interior design by James Wyatt (who also worked on Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle); it was remodelled extensively by the 10th Earl between 1835 and 1859.

The scene of Falstaff's miseries in Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', Datchet stands on the Thames bank, opposite Home Park.

The café on the corner of the High Street belonged to Windsor Restaurants Ltd.

One of Windsor's most famous view shows the town's bridge in the distance, which was erected in 1822.

Next door and in the yard behind is Windsor Motors.

Wyatville was really a Wyatt, the nephew of James Wyatt, gaining the smarter French-sounding name with George III's permission while working on Windsor Castle.

Below Old Windsor, the river reaches Runnymede, where in 1215 on an island now named Magna Carta Island, King John signed the great charter, widely regarded as the foundation of English liberty.

Prince Albert had travelled by train in 1839, but it was not until 1842 that Victoria could be persuaded to take the train from Windsor to London.