Windsor - castles and graves

Whilst in London we took a train trip out to Windsor to see the beautiful St George's Chapel, and to continue the "WWW" story.

Here is a selection of photos from that visit.  And the "www" link continues.

View along outer wall from gatehouse

Waiting for the ceremonial exit of the guards

Band of The Foot Guards of the Household
Division leaves the castle from the lower
gate after the changing of the guard

Bandsmen escort the guards

And here are the retiring guards .....

The walk up to the entrance into the outer grounds

Decorative lamp (with tasteful crown) beside the entrance

The castle battlements tower above the entrance

The Round Tower ( C12, heightened early C19)

The Norman Gate into the Upper Ward
(built by Edward III in C14)

The Upper Ward.
The Private Apartments are to the right.
Official entry to State Apartments to the left

Guardsmen step it out around the Castle

St George's Chapel (L), Lower Ward, Round Tower
and administrative buildings with guards' quarters

St George's Chapel (mid C14).  

As no photos are permitted inside you'll have to take my word that the interior is splendid.  It is in the so-called "Perpendicular Gothic" style with the magnificent fluted columns which characterise this style.  The ceiling is similar in concept to, but more elaborate than the ceiling in the Bodleian Library (see earlier blog entry on Oxford).  This is also the style used in the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

Gravestones and memorials in the footpaths of
the Dean's Cloister at the rear of the Chapel

Judy reads the almost eroded inscription
on a memorial stone in the south west corner.

Only part of the inscription is legible after centuries of foot traffic.  It
marks the grave of Rev R.A.Webb, Judy's great-great-grandfather
(perhaps another "great-"?).  He had been a Canon at the Chapel.

The Australian Coat of Arms is part of the window
above the memorial stone.  It's quite a coincidence
as the nation of "Australia" did not come into being
until 71 years after Webb's death.

Webb's entry in the Chapel's official record of memorials

Our last view of the Castle as we returned to
the station.  Queen Victoria on her pedestal
guards the palace approaches.

Across the road from the western wall of the
Castle is this pub, with its elaborate board.

Pub banner at Windsor.
Even publicans like Kate.