Clewer is an area of Windsor, Berkshire, United Kingdom. The name Clewer comes from the word 'Clifwara' meaning 'Cliff-Dwellers' and is named after those who lived below the hill on which Windsor Castle was built. Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Datchet Windsor Egham Runnymede Englefield Green Old Windsor Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Datchet Windsor Egham Runnymede Englefield Green Old Windsor Categories: GFDL images | GBdot ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Windsor (IPA: usually , but also ) is a small town in Berkshire on the south-western outskirts of London, south of the River Thames. ... For other places named Berkshire, see: Berkshire (disambiguation) Berkshire (pronounced Barkshe(e)r; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire and Hampshire. ... An early 18th century view of Windsor Castle by Kip and Knyff. ...
The name Clewer, which appears in old documents as Clyfware and Clyvore, is said be mean "people of the cliff", the reference being to the bluff on which Windsor Castle stands which was in the manor of Clewer.
From time to time enthusiastic visitors assure us that Clewer Church is built on a ley line, and two men once "proved" this to their own satisfaction by carrying out a pendulum test inside the church.
The second is that in an area of total flatness Clewer church stands on a rise in the ground level.