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2003 Wraysbury flood event and post event flood flows

Posted on April 16, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

During the 2003 flood event the water surged out of the Thames, across the fields, into the Wraysbury Drain and then on upstream to surcharge the gravel pit. Dated 10-1-2003 this image…

Liquid Leisure – NEW planning application

Posted on April 14, 2024April 15, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The new planning application can be viewed on the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead’s planning portal using reference 24/00381/FULL.

Did you know the Totem Pole is going?

Posted on April 14, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  The Totem Pole at Virginia Water is about to be dismantled having reached the end of its life.  Look now while it is still there!

Wraysbury Fair re-location?

Posted on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

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…

Wraysbury Drain still blocked at Feather’s Lane – 10/4/2024

Posted on April 11, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  This is an image of the Wraysbury Drain at Feather’s Lane.  The channel has been blocked for years and the water level is raised.  The water does not flow and therefore…

Wraysbury Village Green still flooded – 10/4/2024

Posted on April 11, 2024April 13, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  Three months on and still flooded

Consultation outcome – Operational reforms to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) consenting process

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The Environment Agency is currently seeking a Development Consent Order for the River Thames Scheme. For anybody interested in possible changes to the NSIP process (that is used to gain a Development…

Storm Henk floods: Applications open for support

Posted on April 6, 2024April 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Flood Recovery Grants, Council Tax Exemptions and Business Rate Reliefs are now available to those who have been impacted by flooding from Storm Henk at the start of January. Information for grants…

Flood Petition closed – over 1,300 already signed – now on the RBWM agenda for 16/4/2024

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

  Firstly – a big ‘thank you’ to all those who have put their names to this petition which has closed and will be considered at the next RBWM Council Meeting on…

EA Public Exhibition (October 2009) – and still no progress?

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The adjacent image was published and distributed by Datchet Parish Council.  The document refers to an Environment Agency exhibition in Datchet on 23rd October 2009.  The subject was the Lower Thames Flood…

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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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