Windsor Castle, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead

Photograph taken 1888 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC41/00056

View from Peascod Street with a statue of Queen Victoria in the foreground. Windsor is England's largest castle and a royal palace. The castle dates back to William the Conqueror but the first stone buildings were erected by Henry II between 1165 and 1179

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Windsor and Maidenhead Windsor

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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A Roman fort originally stood on this site. After the Norman Conquest it was given to William the Conqueror's half-brother. By the end of the 11th century he had constructed a full scale Norman castle using the Roman walls. It lay uninhabited from the 16th century. This property is now in the care of English Heritage (2010).

Windsor Castle, Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead

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