Queen's Eyot
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| Waters | Thames | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 30 ′ N , 0 ° 41 ′ W | |
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The queen's eyot is an island in the Thames above the Boveney Lock in Windsor , Berkshire .
The island's name is derived from the transfer of land to the queen or widow of the king in 1299.
In 1898, Colonel Victor Van de Weyer approached Eton College and made him an offer to use the island. Edmond Warre , the headmaster of the college, gladly accepted the offer, even though Van de Weyer could only offer him a lease for 99 years in exchange for a symbolic lease payment, since the island was family entrepre- neurship and Warre would have liked to buy it. Victor Van des Weyer's son William sold the island to the college in 1923 for a sum of ten shillings .
Edmond Warre had a clubhouse built on the island, which burned down in 1990 and was replaced by a new building. The clubhouse can be rented for events.
The river The Cut ends north of the island in the Thames.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of Queen's Eyot on the island 's Queen's Eyot website