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Wraysbury Drain still blocked five years later!

Posted on August 19, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The Wraysbury Drain is still blocked at Feathers Lane.  RBWM is responsible for ordinary watercourses.  Inspection scheduled for 18th September 2024?

Fly-tipping in Datchet – gas cylinders and waste oil

Posted on August 17, 2024August 17, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Anybody recognise these big gas cylinders please?

Red Telephone Box appears on Datchet Village Green

Posted on August 14, 2024August 17, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Today a red telephone box has been reinstated on Datchet Village Green which lays within the Conservation Area.  The work is in progress and when completed the telephone box will house a…

Datchet Parish Council confirms £20,000 fighting fund

Posted on August 13, 2024August 14, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Datchet Parish Council (DPC) recently received a Solicitor’s Letter referring to the DPC request to vacate DPC land.  At the meeting on 12 August 2024 Datchet Parish Council agreed to transfer £20,000…

Sunnymeads Railway Bridge repaired!!

Posted on August 8, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Full marks for the Sunnymeads Bridge (between Wraysbury and Horton) resurfacing and relining.  Now if the traffic lights could be repaired – and were visible – that would be a bonus.  Sadly…

Anybody lost a motorbike?

Posted on August 3, 2024August 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Four years on and still waiting for action on the Wraysbury Drain!

Posted on July 30, 2024July 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

‘Riparian Responsibilities for the Wraysbury Drain’ was a letter to residents (dated 5th August 2020) published and distributed by RBWM. Here we are – four years on – and still  waiting for…

Riparian ownership guide

Posted on July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Riparian Ownership: A basic guide to owning and managing a watercourse. This easy-to-read and very helpful guide is produced by Calderdale Council and can be found (as a .pdf) at The Flood…

RBWM Excuses – Not fixing the Wraysbury Drain for five years

Posted on July 25, 2024July 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please see below some of the RBWM excuses for delaying/failing to fix the Wraysbury Drain for over five years: RBWM – ‘We have already spent about £200,000 and failed to fix the…

Wraysbury Drain Petition – RBWM Council Meeting – 17/7/2024

Posted on July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The ten page RBWM Report on Flood Defence Equality contains a warning (S5 – Legal Implications) to some local riparian owners.  According to the report ‘Liability otherwise sits with the landowners responsible…

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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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