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Major 14-hour fire in Barrow submarine assembly hall

Posted on November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is an interesting extract (from the Nuclear Information Service website) about a problem in Barrow.  I can confirm that you will be paying for this event. A fire, which erupted in…

Flood areas are not poor enough to help?

Posted on November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This report is from March 2004.  Here we are 20 years later – now too poor to be helped – and entirely due to RBWM failure to contribute to ‘partnership funding’.

An alternative view of the Autumn 2024 Budget

Posted on November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Budget – 30th October 2024 – by Ian Thompson  

Question for RBWM Council Meeting 20-11-2024

Posted on November 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Member Question for 20-11-2024 RBWM Council Meeting  Question to Cllr. Coe please – At our RBWM Council Meeting on 11-3-2024 it was RESOLVED unanimously that this council takes immediate action to ensure…

Corporate Report on Defra spending – 2024/25

Posted on November 5, 2024November 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Extracts from Defra Corporate report Defra’s Main Estimate 2024 to 2025 memorandum Published 17 July 2024 Overview – The purpose of this memorandum is to provide an overview and analysis of the…

West Berkshire Council urges residents to prepare for flooding

Posted on November 1, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Extract from BBC News 28-10-2024 People need to do what they can to prepare for predicted flooding this winter, a council has said. Councillors on West Berkshire District Council have warned the…

Questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting 30/10/2024

Posted on October 30, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Background and questions for RBWM Cabinet Meeting  30-10-2024  Item 6 – CIPFA Report I am here to identify and highlight past and future flood related matters with geopolitical financial implications that may…

Council criticises Environment Agency over Temple Bridge

Posted on October 30, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  TEMPLE FOOTBRIDGE CLOSED. (Extract from Bucks Free Press) Here we go again – Temple footbridge on the Thames Path this time.  Yet another sub-standard Environment Agency wooden footbridge out of action…

River Thames Scheme project at risk?

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Surrey County, Woking and Spelthorne Borough Councils all have significant debt.  RBWM likewise. The total cost of the River Thames Scheme project to date is about £90m.  The RTS was started around…

DHEFIM already unaffordable?

Posted on October 25, 2024October 26, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

 I did attend the Hythe Centre for a short time on 24th October 2024 but only to let the EA know what I am going to do in the future.  RBWM is…

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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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