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Fire at Spices Indian Cuisine sees eight fire engines tackle blaze

Posted on October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

A ‘massive’ fire broke out in a popular Indian restaurant near Slough yesterday (October 1).

RBWM 27-09-22 Motion for Thames Dredging

Posted on October 3, 2022October 5, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

Agenda – Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead full council meeting, 27th September 2022. Agenda item 13 b) By Councillor Cannon Since the Environment Agency took responsibility for managing the Thames and alleviating…

Planning guidance update protects new homes from flooding

Posted on September 20, 2022October 14, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

New homes will be better protected from flooding thanks to the updated planning guidance announced by The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs this summer.

River Thames Scheme – Inception Meeting

Posted on December 6, 2021October 18, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

Here are the meeting notes from the River Thames Scheme online meeting between the Environment Agency and Surrey County Council, on 6th December 2021.

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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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