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Windsor, Old

Old Windsor lies in southeast Berkshire. The parish included the village of Sunningdale and the hamlet of Coworth. It included part of Windsor Great Park and Virginia Water. There are roads to Windsor and to Datchet and Staines. The soil is sand and gravel with some clay. Nearly a third was permanent grassland, about a tenth woodland and plantation, and only one twentieth arable (wheat, oats, barley and peas).

Further reading
Wordie, R. (ed.), 'Enclosure In Berkshire, 1485-1885' (Reading, 2000) pp.191-192.


Acreage: 5457
Population 1801: 669
  1831: 1453
  1861: 1835

 

OS Map Grid Ref(s): 32, 39, 40

 

Parliamentary Enclosure Maps & Awards

Windsor, Old (1817. See also Windsor Forest) - Ref: Q/RDC/62A [ View Image(s) ] [ Search Awards Index ]

Windsor, Old (1817. See also Windsor Forest) - Ref: Q/RDC/62B [ View Image(s) ] [ Search Awards Index ]

Windsor, Old (1817. See also Windsor Forest) - Ref: Q/RDC/62C [ View Image(s) ] [ Search Awards Index ]

 

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