White Waltham

White Waltham

infobox UK place

country = England
official_name= White Waltham
population= 2,881
unitary_england= Windsor and Maidenhead
region= South East England

lieutenancy_england= Berkshire
constituency_westminster= Maidenhead
post_town= Maidenhead
postcode_district= SL6
postcode_area=SL
dial_code= 01628
os_grid_reference= SU855775
latitude= 51.4904
longitude= -0.7691

White Waltham is a village and civil parish, two miles west of Maidenhead, in the English county of Berkshire. It is the location of White Waltham Airfield.

Extent

In the south, the parish includes Paley Street and Littlefield Green. White Waltham village sits in the mid-west of the parish. To the north-west is Woodlands Park, on the edge of Maidenhead, and the Maidenhead Business Park. In the north-east corner of the parish is Woolley Green and in the north-west, Littlewick Green.

History

The area is made up of many manors and a number of good country houses survive, such as Waltham Place with its organic farm and gardens which are open to the public. The parish church of St Mary dates from Norman times, but has many 13th century and Victorian features. Thomas Hearne was born at Littlefield Green in 1678. Acquiring the patronage of the local lord of the manor, Francis Cherry, he rose to become assistant-keeper of the Bodleian Library in Oxford and the author of many important works.

External links

* [http://www.berkshirehistory.com/villages/whitewaltham.html Royal Berkshire History: White Waltham]
* [http://www.whitewalthamprimary.co.uk/page.asp?sec=About+Our+School_Welcome White Waltham School]
* [http://web.mac.com/campbean/iWeb/WWVA/Home.html White Waltham Village Association]


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