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The Priory
Old Windsor, Berkshire

In 1700, the present Priory at Old Windsor was a small ten-roomed house.

Tradition describes it as an inn and its situation, between the Thames and the then main road, and at the junction of the tracks leading from the village and Ley End, would make it suitable for this purpose. The Poor Rate returns for some years later, however, call it simply "Mrs.

Lyford's house." It faced the river, and its front door, approached by a flight of steps, had a bow-window on either side. About 1730, Richard Bateman, a well-known connoisseur and collector, chanced to visit the spot, at once fell in love with the little property and, as the owner refused to sell, became the lessee.

He also rented the old Kin