A TIMELINE OF WINDSOR HISTORY
By Tim Lambert
1086 Windsor is a little town with a population of a few hundred. A castle stands nearby.
1277 Windsor is given a charter granting the townspeople certain rights
1350 Windsor has 2 annual fairs. It is a busy little town.
1467 Windsor is given a mayor and 2 bailiffs
1518 The Three Tuns is built
1585 People in Windsor are required to pave the street in front of their houses
1603 Windsor is struck by plague
1635 The people of Windsor are forbidden to let their pigs wander the streets
1649 Charles I is buried in Windsor Castle
1673 A stagecoach from Windsor to London begins. The population of Windsor is around 2,000.
1680 Frogmore House is built
1733 A Workhouse is built
1769 A body of men is formed to pave, clean and light the streets of Windsor
1793 The first theatre is built in Windsor
1801 The population of Windsor is 3,361
1824 A cast iron bridge is built over the Thames
1827 Windsor gains gas light
1844 The railway reaches Windsor
1851 The population of Windsor is 6,734
1937 The King George V Memorial is built
1964 The Household Cavalry Museum opens
1979 King Edward Court is built
1997 Royal Station Shopping Centre opens
1992 Windsor Castle is damaged by fire