ENGLAND 



Windsor Castle 



TT7INDSOR CASTLE stands on a single 

 * * blunt cone of chalk (the Great Mound) 

 commanding a magnificent view. The Castle 

 is a mile in circumference, more than twelve 

 acres being contained within the walls. The 

 Saxon kings' palace was at old Windsor. The 

 memories of English sovereigns who have re- 

 sided here are numerous. Here William the 

 Conqueror held Court in 1070, and Henry I spent 

 Whitsuntide in iiio; Henry II often stayed 

 here, holding a Court at Easter, 1 170. John 

 frequently spent Christmas here, and it was 

 from Windsor he rode out to sign the Magna 

 Charta at Runnymede. Edward I lived much 

 at Windsor, and in 1278 he held a Tournament 

 in the park. Edward III made it his chief 

 residence, and rebuilt it, also building in ten 



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