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100-400 -
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Roman Villa in Cox Green.
Our collection includes finds from the villa. |
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620 -
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Saxon Warrier king Taeppa buried in
Taplow. |
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997 -
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Witan (Saxon parliament) meets in Cookham. |
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1086 -
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Domesday Book - entries for Bray, Cookham, Elentone (modern
North Town)
...but Maidenhead does not yet exist.
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1250 -
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First wooden bridge is built and the
town begins to grow. |
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1451 -
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Guild of St Andrew & St Mary is founded
- start of civic life. [more] |
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1582 -
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Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth
I.
[more] |
| 1612
- |
The Godayn Seal in use
as the town seal.
[more] |
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1647 -
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King Charles
I's last meeting with his children, at an inn in Maidenhead
High Street. [more] |
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1740 -
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First Performance of Rule Britannia,
at Cliveden. [more] |
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1772 -
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Boulters Lock built, the first ‘pound
lock’ on the middle Thames. |
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1777 -
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The present stone Maidenhead Bridge
is built. Maidenhead’s prosperity is based on the coaching trade. |
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1839 -
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Brunel’s "Sounding Arch” railway bridge
is built and the Coaching era comes to an end. |
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1891 -
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Artist Sir Stanley Spencer RA born
in Cookham. [more] |
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1894 -
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Greatest Flood on Record. |
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1897 -
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Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. |
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1903 -
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Lifting of toll of Maidenhead bridge,
after 750 years. [more] |
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1914 -18 -
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In the first world war, Maidenhead
suffers 900 casualties from a population
of c. 13,000. Four Victoria Crosses are awarded to local people. |
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1927 -
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Ivor Novello buys Redroofs at Littlewick
Green as his country house. [more] |
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1935 -
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Opening of White Waltham aerodrome. |
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1940 -
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Wartime HQ of Air Transport Auxiliary
established at White Waltham. [more] |
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1947 -
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Most severe flood of 20th century. |
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1948 -
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Maidonian rower Bert Bushnell wins
a Gold Medal in the London Olympic Games for his victory in Mens
Double Sculls |
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1950-66 -
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Hammer, the 'House of Horror', make
over 80 films in Bray.
[more] |
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1957 -
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A Vanwall racing car, driven by Stirling
Moss, becomes the first British car to win the British Grand Prix
since 1934. |
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1957 -
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First flight of the Fairey
Rotodyne, the world's first vertical take-off airliner, promising
fast city-centre to city-centre travel. [more]
[picture] |
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1961 -
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The Profumo Affair (at Cliveden). [more] |
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1961 -
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Completion of Maidenhead bypass - after
38 years! |
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1972 -
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Buildling of relief roads,
named after our twin towns in Germany, France and Italy. |
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1974 -
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Local government reorganization replaces
the Borough of Maidenhead with the Royal Borough of Windsor &
Maidenhead. |
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1997 -
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New parliament constituency of Maidenhead
is formed. |
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2002 -
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The Maidenhead Windsor
and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (known as the Jubilee River)
is opened, providing protection against floods of 1947 proportions. [more] |
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2003 -
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Worst floods since 1947. Maidenhead
is saved by the Jubilee River, but there is severe flooding from
Cookham to Hurley. |
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2003 -
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Maidenhead Library, designed
by Ahrends Burton & Koralek and completed in 1972, becomes
the town's first post-war listed building. |
| 2004 - |
Maidonian rower Cath Bishop
wins Silver medal at the Athens Olympic Games. |
| 2005 - |
‘The Fat Duck’ at Bray
voted the best restaurant in the world. |
| 2006 - |
Sounding Arch railway
bridge used for commemorative stamp celebrating Brunel's bicentenary. |
