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enclosures. The monuments had developed alongside the River Thames, which acted as a barrier, a gateway and a routeway to other regions. The 2017 investigations at Riding Court Farm have provided evidence of Early Neolithic activity (4000–3350 BC) with the discovery of a previously unknown causewayed
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and the ferry service which connected it to the main London Road across the River Thames. The ferry was later replaced by a road bridge at the foot of the High Street, which was rebuilt three times. There is also a rail bridge approaching Windsor across the river, and two road bridges above and below
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at Windsor Castle. St. Mary's church originated as a rectory in the 13th century. A church, dated from 1559 by the parish registers, was dismantled in 1857, rebuilt, and reopened in 1860. It is notable in that its tower is octagonal, the greater number of church towers being square or round. On the
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line with a journey time of around 55 minutes. The Manor is a hotel and conference centre, originally part of the Manor House range of houses, owned but never occupied by any lord of the manor. There is one pub in Datchet, The Royal Stag. The former Morning Star is now a
245: 466:, in 1066 the lords were the brothers Saewulf and Siward. In 1086 the lord and tenant-in-chief was Giles, brother of Ansculf, also referred to as Giles de Pinkney. In 1150, the church already existed in Datchet, and the Pinkney family sold it to the 790: 630:
and by 1860 Datchet Common's beer house, The Plough, was in existence. In 1886, Datchet was described as having been known as Black Datchet in the early 1800s because of a large number of bad characters living there, and that
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sold the manor house and estate of Riding Court to William Wheeler. It was later sold out of the Wheeler estates, and, after passing through various hands, was finally conveyed to
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Datchet has a number of sports clubs, including Datchet Cricket Club, Datchet Football Club (Senior & Junior Football), a golf club founded in 1892, and a sailing club at the
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bought Datchet manor, and his family owned it until at least 1925; at one point it was owned by the head of the influential Montagu-Douglas-Scott family,
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as impropriator of the parish and had the right to appoint vicars. There was a ferry at Datchet Ferry which provided a shorter route from London to
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The history of the manor begins in 1335 when Edward III gave the manor of Datchet to William de Montacute, who then passed it on to Sir
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in 1742, and so came once more under the same ownership as Datchet Manor. After the death in 1790 of his son-in-law, George,
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belonging to the workhouse was turned into a shop. In 1848, the first train went through Datchet to
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In 1706, the ferry that carried traffic across the River Thames through Datchet was replaced by
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Datchet from J5 of the M4 and the Queen Mother Reservoir to Datchet Golf Course
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gave Datchet Church as part of the endowment of his new church and college of
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There is evidence of habitation in the area shortly after the end of the last
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Datchet Mead and Datchet Ferry in 1686 with Windsor Castle in the background
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sub-division of Datchet, has revealed a monument complex that included a
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and Datchet now uses a southerly route along Southlea Road and crossing
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on Southlea Road in the 1880s. He owned the first motor car in Britain.
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of 1972. The village developed because of its close proximity to
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had one building known as the 'Datchet Wing' filled mostly with
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Sydney Camm Hurricane and Harrier Designer, Saviour of Britain
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to make a barge for passage from Windsor to Datchet. In 1350,
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Evidence of Prehistoric Settlement at Southlea Farm, Datchet
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in Berkshire, England, located on the north bank of the
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Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when
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civil parish

Datchet is located in Berkshire
Berkshire
OS grid reference
SU988771
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county
Berkshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SL3
Dialling code
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Royal Berkshire
Ambulance
South Central
UK Parliament
Windsor
UK
England

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