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River Thames Scheme Statutory Consultation – launching 22-1-2024

Posted on January 9, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

The River Thames Scheme Statutory Consultation is launching on 22nd January 2024 The six-week consultation starts at 12.01am on Monday 22 January and ends at 11.59pm on Monday 4 March. In-person events…

FLOODING – EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF AREAS OF WRAYSBURY  

Posted on January 9, 2024January 9, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Email received from RBWM 9/1/2023 Dear all  FLOODING – EMERGENCY EVACUATION OF AREAS OF WRAYSBURY  There is a high level of uncertainty around levels of flooding in Wraysbury overnight. Having held a…

Direct links to river levels

Posted on January 6, 2024January 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Direct links to River Levels Jubilee River level at Taplow (This gauge is upstream of the Taplow flow control structure) https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/station/7164   River Thames level at Windsor Park (This gauge is in…

Defra response to complaint

Posted on January 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is a letter dated 4-1-2024 that I received from Defra  Thank you for your email of 26 October to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about flood protection funding….

Short memories? Ten years on and Wraysbury flooding yet again

Posted on January 5, 2024January 6, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

This is an article from the Daily Mail dated February 2014 The wrath of Wraysbury: ‘We drowned so the Gin and Jag set in Windsor and Eton could keep dry’, say residents…

Runnymede council warned over ‘significant debt’

Posted on December 28, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

Runnymede council warned over ‘significant debt’ after borrowing 71 times its spending power By  Chris Caulfield    Local Democracy Reporter      27 DEC 2023 A Surrey council has been served formal…

Surrey residents face 5% council tax rise

Posted on December 23, 2023December 24, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

Surrey residents face 5% council tax hike after Government funding snub (Get Surrey – By Chris Caulfield – Local Democracy Reporter  05:30, 22 DEC 2023) Taxpayers in Surrey are likely to be…

Systemic failure’ over flood prevention

Posted on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

By James Moules – Local Democracy Reporting Service There has been a “prolonged and systemic failure” to help communities affected by severe flooding, a councillor has said. Ewan Larcombe criticised Royal Borough…

Parish Councils record intention to object to RTS DCO

Posted on December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

On 11/12/2023   – Datchet Parish Council On 18/12/2023 – Wraysbury Parish Council On 19/12/2023 – Horton Parish Council unanimously agreed the following motion: To approve that __________ Parish Council writes to the…

£121m bridge DID increase risk of flooding in Norfolk

Posted on December 6, 2023 by ecwlarcombe

(This is an extract from the Daily Express) A new £121million bridge blamed for leaving large swathes of Norfolk under water did increase the risk of flooding, a rediscovered official document has…

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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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