XLII. LONDON TO RICHMOND, STAINES, AND WINDSOR, BY SOUTH

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LONDON TO RICHMOND, STAINES, AND WINDSOR-Continued.

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Here the line skirt Richmond Green and th remains of the old palac of Richmond. Queensberry Villa, Sir J. B. Dundas, Bart.

Marble Hill, General Jonathan Peel.

To Hampton Court, through Bushy Park 34m.

On the farther bank of the river, opposite Twickenham, is Ham House (Earl of Dysart).

Bushy Park was occupied by his late Majesty, William IV., when Duke of Clarence, and afterwards by his widow, the late Queen It contains Dowager avenue magnificent hor-e-chesnut trees, planted under the direction of William III.

Strawberry Hill, 1 mile. once the residence of Horace Walpole (Earl of whose celebrated collection Orford), of paintings, sculptures, and various objects of interest, was dispersed by public auction in 1843 at the instance of the 7th Earl Waldegrave. Hanworth Park, 1 mile. Kenton Park, 2 miles.

The

Windsor is an ancient borough situated on the south bank of the Thames, 16 miles east of Reading, and 22 miles distant from London by the road through Brentford, Hounslow, and Colubrook. It possesses an ancient church, a theatre, barracks, and a good free school, and returns two members to Parliament. town has no manufactures, and possesses in itself little to interest the stranger ; but the attractions of the adjacent castle make it the frequent resort of visitors, especially since the facility of communication afforded by the opening of the railways. Population, 1851, 9596.

Windsor Castle has been the principal seat of British royalty for nearly eight centuries. The Saxon kings had a palace at Old Windsor long previous to the Conquest. The present castle was founded by William the Conqueror, but was almost rebuilt by Edward III., with the assistance of the celebrated William of Wykeham, who was made clerk of the works. Great alterations were made by Sir Jeffry Wyatville during the reign of George IV. St George's Chapel is a splendid specimen of florid Gothic architecture. It contains the stalls of the Knights of the Garter; and here the ceremony of installation takes place. At the east end of the chapel is the royal vault, where the remains of George III. and his Queen, George IV., the Princess Charlote, the Duke of Kent, the Duke of York, William IV. and his Queen, &c., are deposited. Edward IV. and his Queen, Henry VI., Henry VIII. and Jane Seymour, and Charles I., are also