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Asylum seekers return to Datchet

Posted on November 15, 2024November 16, 2024 by ecwlarcombe
Extract from Mailonline 15-11-2024

Families in pretty Windsor village [Datchet] say they are selling up – after claiming migrants being housed in their local hotel have turned it into a ‘hellhole’

Furious residents claim their village in the shadow of Windsor Castle has been turned into a ‘hell hole’ after asylum seekers were moved into its hotel. They fear genteel Datchet in Berkshire will lose its quintessential country feel, house prices will tumble and businesses struggle. Their outcry comes after the Manor Hotel was turned into a holding centre for migrants awaiting a decision on their asylum applications. One man revealed he has put his home on the market after claiming the conversion was the latest sign that the village is being run down by the authorities.

Full Mailonline report here

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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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