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Black Potts footbridge collapse imminent!

Posted on October 26, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

Black Potts footbridge is about to collapse into the Jubilee River.  Closed to the public since mid-2025 – please see recent Black Potts footbridge image below; The three images below record recent…

DPC asset stripping? The plot thickens!

Posted on October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

In previous years Datchet Parish Council has tried repeatedly to gain control of the valuable DRCCT assets.  It appears that today DPC  is using the document below to support their assertion that…

Datchet Parish Council under investigation!

Posted on October 26, 2026October 26, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

Today, Datchet Parish Council and the Clerk are under investigation on multiple fronts into the disputed governance of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust.  The Datchet Hall lock was first changed in…

UPDATE – Complaint to the External Auditor

Posted on October 24, 2026October 26, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

A paragraph from External Auditor email Your objections were received by us during the Council’s public rights period and have been copied to the Council. The items in Objections 1 and 2…

Cllr David Buckley (Reform UK) – Directorships

Posted on October 24, 2026October 24, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

This page is under construction because I need to ensure that the details are complete and correct before I publish!  I am currently researching suggestions that RBWM Cllr David Buckley (Reform UK)…

Dear Councillors – here comes the injunction!

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

Dear Datchet Parish Councillors – named here – and the Clerk.  You have claimed to be the ‘sole managing trustee’,  unlawfully broken into Datchet Hall, changed the lock and continue to deny…

Datchet Parish Council – obfuscation and theft??

Posted on October 23, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

The plot thickens!  Some individuals on Datchet Parish Council (named here) are still of the opinion that they can hijack the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust assets.  A recently published but unsigned Public…

DRCCT assets stolen by Datchet Parish Council?

Posted on October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

As a Datchet Parish Councillor I received a Summons for a meeting on Wednesday 21st October 2026 that I was prevented from attending.  Is this lawful?   Consequently – here is something for…

River Thames Scheme scrapped?

Posted on October 22, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

It looks like the River Thames Scheme (i.e. the post 2020 two channel version) is about to be scrapped.  I reckon about 18 years and £120m has gone on this project –…

Code of Conduct complaint to RBWM

Posted on October 22, 2026October 23, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

Please be warned – I spent time composing a Code of Conduct Complaint to RBWM about Cllr David Buckley.  All of a sudden and without warning – I received the following massage…….

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Recent Posts

  • Black Potts footbridge collapse imminent!
  • DPC asset stripping? The plot thickens!
  • Datchet Parish Council under investigation!
  • UPDATE – Complaint to the External Auditor
  • Cllr David Buckley (Reform UK) – Directorships

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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