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Datchet High Street now open 22-5-2024

Posted on May 20, 2024May 22, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please be aware that Datchet High Street is now open (22-5-2024).  The road was closed on Friday 17th May due to an unsafe structure on the corner of the junction with Windsor Road.   A vehicle collision damaged and displaced both the brick column and a section of the brick wall.  The area was declared unsafe and the road closed for some days.

High Street Datchet 18-5-2024

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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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