We have organised a guided visit for DVS members to a local museum, History on Wheels, on 31 July. Originally constructed as an indoor riding school, the principal museum building was converted in the late 1970s to house the Tony … Continued
Datchet Village Society will have a stall in the WI Hall on Thursday 2 June from 5pm – 10pm for the lighting of the beacon. We’ll have a display of photographs of royal visits to Datchet and previous celebrations, and … Continued
Members of the DVS Committee have been contributing to the Datchet Neighbourhood Plan which provides the opportunity to create a list of heritage assets of local importance which are not already listed, known in planning-speak as Non-Designated Heritage Assets … Continued
After a short business meeting to appoint the DVS committee and review the annual accounts, there will be a presentation by Steve Bacon from Live’n History entitled ‘Sawbones and quacks: medical advance in the 19th century’ offering a glimpse into … Continued
As the present-day village celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees, and now celebrates her Platinum Jubilee, so Datchet also celebrated Queen Victoria’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees. Extract from The Windsor and Eton Express, June 1887 “The festivities … Continued
In autumn 2021, DVS organised a heritage walking tour of the historic Grade II-listed Herschel Park. Our guide was Elias Kupfermann, a local historian and trustee of Slough Museum. He lived at Upton Park for almost 20 years during which … Continued
George VI’s Coronation Day surprise for Datchet featured in the local press this week. The Royal Borough Observer, 28 May 2021, printed Janet Kennish’s story about the Coronation Arch which appeared overnight in the High Street.
UPDATE Spring 2022: The immediate threat to this tree has been removed for the time being as the neighbouring building is being underpinned. 2021: There is a village campaign underway to save a 170-year-old Wellingtonia in the Conservation Area. The … Continued
Janet Kennish was recently asked when Datchet Football Club was first founded. A trawl through online copies of newspapers delivered some clues. The Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer ran a report of DFC’s annual football club dinner in May 1923. … Continued
We received an email from New Zealand with a question for DVS members. The writer, Stephen N., grew up in Datchet in the 1950s and ’60s, and remembered a model village with figures and houses, on the north side of … Continued