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Environment Agency Whistleblower Sounds Alarm on Thames Crisis

Posted on March 21, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

(This is an extract from the Medium web site for writers on any topic) In an exclusive interview, an insider from the Environment Agency sheds light on the alarming state of the…

Question: Where are the Thames dredgers?

Posted on March 17, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

A post on the LOSRA (Sunbury) web site produced the following answer Monday, 10 February 2014 09:38 posted by Chris Wills I used to live next door to the EA’s Riverside Works in…

Two related web sites/blogs

Posted on March 13, 2024March 14, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

River Thames Scheme – I can’t see how that channel will go ahead and we’ll just be left with Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury and Old Windsor at serious risk of flooding. and The…

RBWM Council 11/3/2024 – Motion – the maintenance of land drainage infrastructure

Posted on March 10, 2024March 12, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

‘Motion on Notice’ – RBWM Council Agenda for 11/3/2024 as shown below. That this council takes immediate action to ensure that the probability of flooding is minimised by ensuring that land drainage…

RTS and funding – Press Release and news report

Posted on March 7, 2024March 9, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead News Release – For immediate use    07.03.2024 Call for Berkshire Channel of River Thames Scheme to be reinstated with full government funding  The Royal Borough…

Datchet gun factory convictions – including SEROCU report

Posted on March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

(Extract from the Slough and South Bucks Observer) Windsor [Datchet] ‘gun factory’ linked to criminals in London and Merseyside By Charlie Masters    Court and Crime Reporter 1st March 2024 Three men have…

The River Thames Scheme Consultation is missing the point!

Posted on February 27, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is an email about the River Thames Scheme Consultation received from John Douglass 27-2-2024 Restore, maintain and improve the existing drainage catchment BEFORE the construction of the new RTS Channels Whether…

Jubilee River shortcomings (October 2004)

Posted on February 20, 2024February 24, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is an extract from New Civil Engineer Magazine – dated 1st October 2004.  Persons involved with or interested in the River Thames Scheme project would benefit from reading this report.  Twenty…

Email from Ian to EFRA Committee – ‘Disband the EA’

Posted on February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is an email from Ian to the EFRA Committee at the House of Commons.  Please feel free to Leave a Reply below From: Ian Sent: 19 February 2024 11:54 To: EFRA…

Jack Rankin (on flooding) – Conservative MP Candidate for Windsor

Posted on February 16, 2024February 17, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Check out Jack Rankin’s February 2024 literature below.  There are two A4 double-sided sheets in total.  Note the colour! For convenience I have inserted links to all four pages below Rankin Sht 1…

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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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