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IMPORTANT – Wraysbury PC Mtg date changed!

Posted on December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Wraysbury Parish Council Meeting now 17/12/2025. Date changed from Monday 15th December to Wednesday 17th December

Memories of flooding – YouTube

Posted on December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

In my opinion the probability of flooding is increasing due to: Continuous and accelerating development Climate change Failure to maintain existing land drainage Failure to improve land drainage infrastructure YouTube quite properly…

Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition

Posted on December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Residents Riverside (Staines) coalition is a Working Group of six residents’ organisations serving the interests of some 700 residents on both sides of the river. Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition

100 today (13/12/2025) – Dick Van Dyke

Posted on December 12, 2025December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

100 today (13 December 2025) Happy Birthday and Thank You to Dick Van Dyke

Election – Wraysbury PC – 8th January 2026

Posted on December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

An election will be held on Thursday 8th January 2026 to fill one vacancy on Wraysbury Parish Council. Billy Boyle and Gerry O’Rourke are the two candidates. The RBWM nomination form can…

Datchet Parish Council continues to take legal action against the DRCCT

Posted on December 12, 2025December 12, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

A message from Ewan Larcombe (as Chair of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) and a Datchet Parish Councillor first elected in 1986) It appears that after eight months of futile…

Thousands of flood defences below standard

Posted on December 10, 2025December 10, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

From a BBC Report dated 10/12/2025 Thousands of flood defences meant to protect multiple homes or businesses in England were below the required condition when winter began, a new analysis has found….

Change Datchet ‘parish’ to ‘town’?

Posted on December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Datchet PC Meeting 8-12-2025 f. Consider a name change from ‘Datchet Parish Council’ to ‘Datchet Town Council’, with the final decision deferred (to allow public debate) until the meeting on 12 January…

Why electors should request Parish Council by-elections

Posted on December 7, 2025December 8, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

I put the difficult question to Claude (AI) as to why Parishioners should request Parish Council by-elections to fill casual vacancies?  The answer was as follows: Your Democratic Right:  Why We Should…

RBWM Extraordinary Council Meeting 17-12-2025

Posted on December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

There will be an RBWM Extraordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday 17-12-2025.  The Agenda detail has not yet been published but: The main Agenda Item will be the Expression of Interest letter to…

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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