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The forgotten Windsor villages remember devastating flood event

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

NEARLY a decade ago, four riverside villages that are in the shadow of Windsor Castle became the flooding epicentre of the UK during the widespread issues of 2014.

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.

Read More: The Windsor Observer, 29th December, 2022.

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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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