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Background to the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel

Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

This is the Environment Agency’s ‘Background to the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel’ (previously called The Jubilee River) that you will find here Just ask yourself – why did the Environment Agency change…

EA Thames Area assets – list of failed bridges

Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

You can read about the EA Thames Area assets.  From the document:  ‘In the Thames area we have a wide range of assets, including locks, weirs, flood defences, boat moorings and monitoring…

Beware of River Thames Scheme funding announcement

Posted on December 17, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

River Thames Scheme funding announcement?? Do not believe everything you read.  This is what the River Thames Scheme web site says: Surrey County Council’s cabinet is set to agree £270 million of…

The soakaway crate fire hazard.

Posted on December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

This is the soakaway/attenuation crate fire hazard problem.  It is counter-intuitive but today, we are burying structural forms of inflammable plastics in the ground to create water storage and attenuation voids.  We…

Datchet Parish Council election

Posted on December 16, 2025December 16, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Datchet Parish Council election RBWM Electoral Services have confirmed that a valid request has been made for an election to fill the current vacancy on Datchet Parish Council. The RBWM Notice of…

Election campaign notes from 2007

Posted on December 16, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Just look at what I wrote in my election notes from May 2007.  Here we are over 18 years later and the probability of flooding is still increasing. My first significant contact…

IMPORTANT – Wraysbury PC Mtg date changed!

Posted on December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Wraysbury Parish Council Meeting now 17/12/2025. Date changed from Monday 15th December to Wednesday 17th December

Memories of flooding – YouTube

Posted on December 13, 2025December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

In my opinion the probability of flooding is increasing due to: Continuous and accelerating development Climate change Failure to maintain existing land drainage Failure to improve land drainage infrastructure YouTube quite properly…

Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition

Posted on December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Residents Riverside (Staines) coalition is a Working Group of six residents’ organisations serving the interests of some 700 residents on both sides of the river. Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition

100 today (13/12/2025) – Dick Van Dyke

Posted on December 12, 2025December 13, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

100 today (13 December 2025) Happy Birthday and Thank You to Dick Van Dyke

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  • Background to the Jubilee Flood Relief Channel
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  • Beware of River Thames Scheme funding announcement
  • The soakaway crate fire hazard.
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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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