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Who cares about January 2024 flooding?

Posted on February 6, 2024February 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

So what do you know? Lots of rain in the Thames catchment led to the Environment Agency opening the radial gates at Taplow on the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel. Flood water was…

‘Reflections on the water’ by Phil Jackson

Posted on February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please follow the link below to read a newspaper article by Phil Jackson (currently Chair of Wraysbury Parish Council) The article is dated 16 January 2003 Reflections on the water – by…

Legal Action – Environment Agency and LFP (2006)

Posted on February 4, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

A. Introduction In this action the Environment Agency (“EA”) claim damages for negligence and breach of contract against Lewin Fryer & Partners (“LFP”) arising out of the design and construction of the…

Click for links to the Wraysbury Flood Meeting video, Drain Petition, the River Thames Scheme Consultation and the Jubilee River Index

Posted on February 3, 2024February 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Link to written statement (Wraysbury Village Hall  30/1/2024) Wraysbury – presentation 30-1-2024 – River Thames Scheme (flooding.london) Link to YouTube raw video of Wraysbury Flood Meeting 30/1/2024 (Ewan Larcombe starts at 1…

Extract from Parliamentary Report on flooding – ref ‘meaningful engagement’

Posted on February 3, 2024February 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The following  is a short extract from a Parliamentary Report dated October 2021: 142.    We have listened with great concern to evidence that local communities feel disengaged and ignored in decisions relevant to flood…

COMING SOON – EA propaganda machine has made mistakes!

Posted on February 2, 2024February 3, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

COMING SOON – I suspect that the Environment Agency propaganda machine has made two serious mistakes.  There are two published but spurious claims that don’t hold water (pun intended) plus a related…

Should we cancel the River Thames Scheme?

Posted on January 30, 2024February 2, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Today I am asking you the question again: Should we cancel the River Thames Scheme? The need for a downstream extension to the Maidenhead, Windsor & Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (i.e. the…

Statement presented at Wraysbury Flood Meeting 30/1/2024

Posted on January 29, 2024January 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Wraysbury Parish Council held a well attended (standing room only) public Meeting on flooding at Wraysbury Village Hall on 30th January 2024 at 7.00pm Wraysbury Village Green was still submerged some three…

Flooding undefended Windsor villages yet again

Posted on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Extract from Slough Observer 27-1-2024 27th January 2024 LOCAL GOVERNMENT By Daisy Waites Digital Reporter Councillor’s plea for flood help in ‘undefended’ Windsor villages After flooding brought everyday life to a standstill…

Wraysbury Public Flood Meeting Agenda 30th January 2024

Posted on January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Agenda – Flood Public MeetingV3[103600] Wraysbury Parish Council Wraysbury Public Flood Meeting will be held in the Wraysbury Village Hall on, TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY 2024 at 7.00pm AGENDA Objectives Share Data Communicate…

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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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