Publications

Details of Windlesora 1 to 20
Windlesora 21 has the theme Water
Windlesora 22 has the theme Entertainment
Windlesora 23 has the theme Commerce
Windlesora 24 has the theme Landmarks
Windlesora 26
Windlesora 27 has the theme Crime and Punishment
Windlesora 28 has the theme of Anniversaries and the Olympics

Streets of Windsor & Eton

Did you know that the poet Geoffrey Chaucer was Clerk of Works at St George’s Chapel in 1390 but no road was named after him until the 1990s?
Did you know that Queen Charlotte Street is the shortest street in England?
Did you know that St Albans Street was named after the son of a royal mistress?

Find out the derivation of the street names of Windsor, Old Windsor and Eton in Streets of Windsor and Eton. Edited by Brigitte Mitchell with chapters written by members of Windsor Local History Group and an appendix showing the dates the streets were first mentioned.

128 pages Over 80 illustrations. £6.50 plus £2 post and packing ISBN 0950556769
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Windsor : a Thousand Years

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Did you know that Oscar Wilde’s Ballad of Reading Jail was inspired by the execution of a soldier from Windsor? Do you know when Windsor became a Royal Borough?

Find out from Windsor: a Thousand Years - published by the group to celebrate the millennium.

It traces the history of the town by means of a chronology and each period is supported by an article written by a local historian who has specialised in that period. There are also special short articles, many written by local townspeople, about some of the organisations and people that have had an influence on the town.

The appendix contains lists of mayors and clergy that served Windsor from Alan the Vicar in 1219 to those who were in office in the year 2000.

Windsor: a Thousand Years is Now Sold Out

Vanished Windsor by Elias Kupfermann

Vanished Windsor is a pictorial record of past views of the townscape of central Windsor. It explores buildings which have disappeared from within the town from the medieval period to the present day. It contains over 140 pictures in colour and black and white. Profits from this book will go towards the Friends of the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum.

£10.00 + £2.00 post and packing. It will be available to visitors at the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum from 12 March 2011.

Copies of Windlesora, Vanished Windsor and Streets of Windsor and Eton can be obtained from:- WLHG, 256 Dedworth Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 4JR. Please enclose £1.00 postage and packing for each Windlesora and £2.00 for each Windsor: a Thousand Years, Vanished Windsor or Streets of Windsor and Eton. To order go to our Bookshop