Datchet Village History

Janet Kennish 2008

 Welcome to the website for Datchet Village History. Histories of the most interesting houses on
The Green, London Road, Horton Road and the High Street are now available.
A series of historical articles written for The Link, Datchet's Parish Magazine,
are reproduced here by permission of its Editors. 

Archaeology at Southlea Farm

Reports on the award-winning ten year fieldwalking project undertaken by members of Datchet Village Society at a multi-period prehistoric site on the riverside south of the village.

The short report is designed to be fully
accessible to non-archaeologists

Contact Us


Find out how to get a copy of Datchet Past by Janet Kennish

Email your questions about village or family history
to Janet Kennish

Visit the Datchet Village Website

Parish Magazine Articles (The Link)

Christopher & Robert Barker

Robert Barker's Bridge House Trust

Datchet United Charities

The Handprint in the Royal Stag's Window

Manor Hotel & Morning Star pubs

The Parish Workhouses

Victorian rebuilding of St Mary's Church

Isaac Gossett, Founder of St Mary's School

Manor House Occupants' Tombstones

Manor House, Thomas Brinley Royal Auditor

Thomas Brinley, Datchet to Long Island NY

The Working Men's Club (now Library)

Datchet in Fiction: Three Men in a Boat 

Strange Events in 1793 (The Bridge)

Ladies in the Building Trades; the Bidwells

Radio & Space Research at Ditton Park

Southlea Farm & its 'Monastery Walls'

Early Motor Cars in Datchet

Mrs Crake of the Lawn; a Victorian family network

How Datchet Lost its Common

Sir Alfred Munnings and Datchet's Travellers

The Goodwin Family of Goodwyn House

How Datchet Lost its Thames Bridge

Village History Topics

An Outline History of Datchet

Building Histories

The Greens

War Memorials

Drinking Fountain, Oak Tree and Jubilee Cross

North Green
Ormonde & Mordenholt, Priory Way
Patrixbourne & North Green

Rose and Chestnut Cottages
The Pharmacy
Old Bank and Bank House
Old Priory (the Rectory)
The Bridge Parish Centre
The Royal Stag pub


London Road

South Green

Horton Road

High Street

Windsor Road

Famous people