White Waltham is a village and
civil parish
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, west of
Maidenhead, in the
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in
Berkshire,
England
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. It is crossed briefly by the
M4 motorway, which along with the
Great Western Main Line and all other roads covers of the parish and 'greenspace' which includes cultivated fields covers the most part - this covered (in January 2005) .
White Waltham Airfield
White Waltham Airfield is an operational general aviation aerodrome located at White Waltham, southwest of Maidenhead, in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.
This large grass airfield is best known for its assoc ...
is in the parish.
Extent
In the south, the
parish
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includes the hamlets of
Paley Street and Littlefield Green. White Waltham village is clustered and sits in the mid-west of the parish. To the northeast is Woodlands Park,
on the edge of
Maidenhead, and the Maidenhead Business Park. In the northeast corner of the parish is
Woolley Green and in the northwest, most of
Littlewick Green.
History
The area was made up of a few
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
s, many of which evolved into
country houses, for example Waltham Place,
with its organic farm and gardens which are open to the public. The
Church of England parish church of
St Mary dates from
Normans
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times, but has many fourteenth century
and
Victorian features.
Frequent disputes as to the boundary between White Waltham and
Bray occurred at intervals since 1286 and
Thomas Hearne, historian, gives an account of the beating of the boundaries in his own life-time, mentioning all the place-names and commenting on 'the insolence of the parishioners of Bray in transgressing their bounds.'
Sir Constantine Henry Phipps,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was buried at
St. Mary in 1723.
was born at Littlefield Green in 1678.
Acquiring the patronage of the local
lord of the manor
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,
Francis Cherry, he rose to become assistant-keeper of the
Bodleian Library in
Oxford
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and the author of many important works.
White Waltham School was established in 1828 and has been developed and expanded since, providing primary education for pupils between the ages of 5 and 11 and has legal academy status. The area had approximately half of the population in the late
Victorian period but was overall significantly poorer in terms of real property.
Today White Waltham has more than five times as many homes with 1,214.
Quick Statistics: Dwellings
United Kingdom Census 2011
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''Office for National Statistics
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Overview
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'' Retrieved 31 October 2014 The area's agriculture was noted as of high fertility justifying its protection after World War II. After World War II
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the south of White Waltham was proposed as land for Berkshire's new town to rehouse Londoners made homeless by The Blitz
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The Germa ...
.Great Dorset Steam Fair
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.
Nearest places
References
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External links
White Waltham Parish Council
White Waltham Village Association
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Villages in Berkshire
Civil parishes in Berkshire
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead