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Preparing for DHEFIM

Posted on October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Before you consider the future for flood alleviation in the RBWM Ward of Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury (i.e. DHEFIM) – here is the front page image from the original Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation [actually Elevation] Scheme dated January 1991.

Planning Application Brochure 1991 Front page

 

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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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