Old Windsor, Berkshire

Description
Windsor, Old, a parish, with a village, in Berks, on the Thames, 2 1/2 miles SE by S of the G.W.R. station at Windsor. It has a post, money order, and telegraph omce under Windsor. Acreage, 5530; population of the civil parish, 2980; of the ecclesiastical, 1625. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. The manor belonged anciently to the Saxon kings, and belongs now to Her Majesty the Queen. Moat Farm is said to have been a hunting seat of the Saxon kings. Beaumont College, sometimes called " the Catholic Eton," now under the direction of the Jesuits, was once occupied by Warren Hastings. Cumberland Lodge, which stands within Windsor Great Park, is the residence of their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. The Royal Lodge, Woodside, Burfield Lodge, Felling Place, Holly Grove, the Grange, the Manor Cottage, the Friary, and the Priory also are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford; net value, £240. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a building of flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, N chapel, S porch, and a western tower with spire. The royal chapel of All Saints stands in Windsor Park, and was erected by Her Majesty for the inhabitants residing in the park. It forms a separate charge, under patronage of the Queen. See also WINDSOR and WINDSOR CASTLE.