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Parish Council name change?

Posted on November 13, 2025November 14, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

With yet another 80+ housing development underway – Datchet gets ever bigger.  So here is an idea that could start a conversation.

Please add the following motion to the Datchet Parish Council Agenda for 8-12-2025.

That this Council considers a name change from ‘Datchet Parish Council’ to ‘Datchet Town Council’.

What do you think?  Please let me know.


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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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