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A monument to incompetence

Posted on September 9, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

5G Mast – Corner of Horton Road and Link Road, Datchet A new 5G mast has been installed adjacent to a house in Link Road, Datchet.  Councillor Ewan Larcombe asked ‘Where has…

May 2023 Election

Posted on June 20, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

David Buckley, Jodie Grove and Ewan Larcombe won the three seats for the Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.  The image was captured at 6.00am…

Environmental Crime – including poaching and hare coursing

Posted on April 26, 2023April 27, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

Report to Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Parish Councils (D,H & W Ward – Environmental Crime update – E Larcombe – 14 April 2023) The following accounts originated from recent newspaper reports Swans…

The NAO’s answer on money wasted on flood defence projects that failed to progress due to lack of partnership funding.

Posted on April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

On March 6th, 2023, the National Audit Office was asked about the amount of money the Environment Agency has wasted pursuing flood projects that either do not get started, or get abandoned…

Who do YOU believe?

Posted on March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

Please just read and compare the Conservative leaflet dated 21-3-2023 and page 16 of the Environment Agency Public Consultation dated December 2022. Click on these links for the full size pages: Environment…

Windsor & Maidenhead “paying the price” over adopted local plan

Posted on March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

(Extract from Windsor Observer – by James Bagley – Local Democracy Reporter – 8/3/2023) Cllr Andrew Johnson (Con: Hurley & Walthams) has requested an urgent meeting with the Department for Levelling Up,…

D,H and W – The ‘forgotten outpost’ and the RTS (RBWM Meeting 21/2/2023)

Posted on February 22, 2023April 10, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

See Councillor Larcombe talk about the ‘forgotten outpost’ and the River Thames Scheme during the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead full council meeting on the 21st Feb, 2023.

The forgotten Windsor villages remember devastating flood event

Posted on December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

The villagers of Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury, and Old Windsor not only woke up to their homes being six feet under water; they also found leading politicians of the time, a mass media frenzy, and some swans floating at their doorsteps.

The flood defence plan that would have protected four Windsor villages

Posted on December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

The River Thames Scheme (RTS) and it was conceived to protect thousands of properties and businesses initially from Datchet all the way to Teddington from flooding.

Datchet parish council outraged over 5G mast blunder

Posted on December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

From The Royal Borough Observer 22-12-2022 AN OUTRAGED council has called for the Royal Borough to allow councillors to decide on 5G masts following a previous planning blunder. Datchet Parish Council passed…

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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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