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Wraysbury Fair re-location?

Posted on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 by ecwlarcombe
Wraysbury Village Green - April 2024
Still flooded after three months

The annual Wraysbury Fair is scheduled for Saturday 15th June 2024.  Sadly the Village Green has been wholly or partially covered by flood water since the January 2024 flood event.  The technical term is groundwater flooding.  The area is likely to be unusable for a significant period of time – consequently the event will be moved elsewhere.  Further details to follow.

 

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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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