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Another embankment failure – future of Jubilee River and other flood alleviation schemes under review?

Posted on December 27, 2024December 28, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Previous bank protectionThe Jubilee River bank downstream of the Taplow Flow Control Structure has failed yet again.  You can see a video of how a helicopter was used to place the bags…

Do you recognise this fly-tipped waste?

Posted on December 23, 2024December 24, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please see the recently fly-tipped builders waste shown in the five images below (dated 23/12/2024) Comments welcome END

Wraysbury Drain – AI Question/Answer

Posted on December 23, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Question to Claud – The Wraysbury Drain has been blocked since 2019 and I have often reported this problem to RBWM. The Council has failed to take effective action and today (December…

Look what Artificial Intelligence says about me

Posted on December 22, 2024December 22, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Reproduced below is a response from claud.ai to a question about Ewan Larcombe and the Jubilee River. Ewan Larcombe has been a prominent critic of the Jubilee River scheme and its management….

Duty of Candour

Posted on December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Having attended the last day of the Horizon Inquiry (i.e. the Post Office Scandal) in London yesterday (17/12/2024) I have now raised the matter of ‘candour’ with the Thames Regional Flood &…

Jubilee River bank failure and helicopter used to repair – AI report and more

Posted on December 18, 2024December 19, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

MVI_7126 Moving bags of stone (Bank repair after 2024 failure – awaiting image!) There are reports of yet another Jubilee River bank and/or bed problem.  After £100m expenditure over twenty years ago…

One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 – report

Posted on December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

One in four properties at flood risk by 2050 – report from EA Below is the link to the EA report published by the BBC One in four properties may be at…

Motorway View – a New Housing Development coming to Datchet

Posted on December 14, 2024December 16, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

MOTORWAY VIEW (accessed via Riding Court Road, Datchet) Work has commenced on the construction of the new housing development in Datchet .  The 80+ mixed development is sandwiched into a small parcel…

RBWM Council Tax 2025/26 explored

Posted on December 10, 2024December 11, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

RBWM is in financial difficulty – and considering a 25% increase in Council Tax.  The problem is caused by years of ‘keeping the Council Tax low’ and some other issues.  RBWM has…

Flood defence spending cuts imminent?

Posted on December 10, 2024December 10, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Here we go again – another round of spending cuts!  I must point out that we have been waiting for our flood defences since 2003.  It is so easy for the politicians…

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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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