Horse and carriage, Windsor
Introduction
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Horse and carriage, Windsor
Image: © Ann Taken: 21 Jan 2006
The Castle Hotel began life in 1528 as The Mermaid Inn – humbly brewing beer and cider for the people of Windsor: then scarcely a town of 1,000 people. However, in the 1700s the innkeeper Richard Martin was awarded the first of the hotel’s eight Royal Warrants - to provide horses and carriages for the royal household - and the hotel grew with the population of Windsor to become one of the grandest hotels in town. By the 19th century Castle Hotel was unrivalled as the finest place to stay in Windsor and even the Duke of Wellington stepped in to dine after his victory over Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.48188
Longitude
-0.607254