Wraysbury
Sign in to saveWraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport. It is located on the east bank of the River Thames, roughly midway between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames, and west by south-west of London. Historically part of Buckinghamshire, Wraysbury was made part of the new non-metropolitan county of Berkshire in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The Wraysbury Reservoir is located to the east, administratively wholly in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, although it was historicall
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Place details
- Locality
- Sunnymeads
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wraysbury St Andrew's.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Andrew's parish church
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
- UK place.official_name
- Wraysbury
- UK place.population
- 4900
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wraysbury
- UK place.unitary_england
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Berkshire
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Windsor
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Population
- +4030
- Body of water
- River Thames
- Image
- High St - geograph.org.uk - 4734001.jpg
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- P8168
- John B. Watson
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Magna Carta Island and Ankerwycke
- Wraysbury in the 19th century
- The Wraysbury enclosure
- Coming of the railway
- New road and suspension bridge
- Churches
- Church of St Andrew
- Nonconformists in Wraysbury
- Use in film and television
- Landmarks and community
- Localities
- Hythe End
- Sunnymeads
- Friary Island
- Politics
- Notable residents
- Freedom of the Parish
- Individuals
- References
Wraysbury is a village and civil parish in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in England. It is under the western approach path of London Heathrow Airport. It is located on the east bank of the River Thames, roughly midway between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames, and west by south-west of London. Historically part of Buckinghamshire, Wraysbury was made part of the new non-metropolitan county of Berkshire in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The Wraysbury Reservoir is located to the east, administratively wholly in the Spelthorne district of Surrey, although it was historically divided between Buckinghamshire and Middlesex.
==History== Investigation by Windsor and Wraysbury Archaeological Society of a field in the centre of Wraysbury to the east of St Andrew's Church revealed evidence of human activity in Neolithic times. Many hundreds of flint artefacts were found and are now in the care of the Windsor Museum collection. The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means "Wigred'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.