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Datchet, Horton & Wraysbury News (DHWNews) is a new resource for the residents of the Datchet, Horton and Wraysbury Ward of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

The content of the site is information affecting residents of the wards that is often difficult to find publicly. For example, in this post “RBWM 27 09 22 Motion for Thames Dredging” there is a link to a thirteen minute video that covers the motion itself, the discussion and the vote. This video has been extracted from the full FIVE & A HALF hour video of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead full Council Meeting, on the 27th September 2022.

Who has time to sit through a five and a half hour meeting to find the information that you, as residents of the ward, would like to see?

Well, we do. We will do it for you.

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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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