Canons’ Cloister contains some of the oldest buildings still standing within Windsor Castle and they require regular care and attention to keep them in good condition. At present a team is working hard on the refurbishment of one of the ...
As 2019 draws to a close, we thought that you might enjoy learning what the Archives and Chapter Library have been up to this year. In June we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Vicars’ Hall Undercroft ...
In 1620, Dr Robert Chaloner a Canon of Windsor, wrote his last will and testament. To the Dean and to his fellow Canons, he granted 'to each a paire of gloves as a token of my love.'
Volunteers are wanted for a project in the Chapter Library. A rare opportunity to discover the collection while preserving it for future generations!
We are very pleased to announce that a treasure trove of material about the history of St George’s Chapel has recently been made available online. Two very important sequences of publications have been digitised and posted to our website so ...
As the spiritual home of the Order of the Garter, St George’s Chapel has witnessed many occasions of celebration and thanksgiving for the extraordinary individuals who have been members of the Order in the 670 years since its foundation. Less ...
Last year I became acquainted with Dr Sidney Scholfield Campbell, lately organist and Director of Music at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Considering that Dr Campbell died in June 1974, this might seem rather remarkable, but I had taken on the ...
The 18 June 2019 marks the twentieth anniversary of the official opening by Her Majesty The Queen of the Vicars’ Hall Undercroft as the new home for the archival and rare book collections belonging to the Dean and Canons of ...
This year is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, born Alexandrina Victoria at Kensington Palace in London on 24 May 1819. Her husband Prince Albert was born later that same year in Coburg, Germany on 26 August. ...
The actor and writer Russell Thorndike proudly believed he could rewrite most of Shakespeare’s texts from memory. This, he felt, might be useful should all copies of the Bard’s works be consumed in a fire. Bardic memory feats apart, he ...