. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. for the assembled populace. Theinfantry barracks form a commodious range of building,erected in 1795, and enlarged to their present extent in1S03 : the cavalry barracks, about half a mile from th
. A topographical dictionary of England : comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man, with historical and statistical descriptions ; and embellished with engravings of the arms of the cities, bouroughs, bishoprics, universities, and colleges, and of the seals of the various municipal corporations. for the assembled populace. Theinfantry barracks form a commodious range of building,erected in 1795, and enlarged to their present extent in1S03 : the cavalry barracks, about half a mile from thetown, on the road to Winkfield, are handsomely built,and occupy an open, healthy, and pleasant theatre, in Thames-street, a small convenient build-ing, erected in 1815, at an expense of £6000, advancedon transferable shares, is open during the Ascot racesand the vacations at Eton. A public library ID Castle-Street, 18 well Supported ; and there is also a subscrip-tion circulating library. Windsor,though possessing the advantages of a navi-gable river, and other favourable circumstances, amongwhich may be reckoned a station on the Great Western railway at Slough, about two miles distant, has no par-ticular branch of manufacture, and the trade i-^ almost confined to what i- necessary for the supply of the inha-bitants. The town is indebted equally for its origin and 4 1 WIND WIND. its continued prosperity to the erection of the castle,and to its selection as a royal residence. It has, how-ever, long been celebrated for the quality of its ale, ofwhich considerable quantities are sent to London andotber towns. An act was passed in 184* for a railwayto Richmond, there to join the London and Richmondline. The market-days are Wednesday and Saturday,the latter chiefly for corn, which is pitched in the mar-ket-place ; the fairs are on Easter-Tuesday, July 5th, andOct. 24th. A commodious market-place has been con-structed for the sale of butchers meat and other pro-vision
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