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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. |
|
997 -
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Witan
(Saxon parliament) meets in Cookham. |
|
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. |
|
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 -
|
King
Charles I's last meeting with his children, at an inn in Maidenhead
High Street. [more] |
|
1740 -
|
First
Performance of Rule Britannia, at Cliveden. [more] |
|
1772 -
|
Boulters
Lock built, the first ‘pound lock’ on the middle Thames. |
|
1777 -
|
The
present stone Maidenhead Bridge is built. Maidenhead’s prosperity
is based on the coaching trade. |
|
1839 -
|
Brunel’s
"Sounding Arch” railway bridge is built and the Coaching era comes
to an end. |
|
1891 -
|
Artist
Sir Stanley Spencer RA born in Cookham. [more] |
|
1894 -
|
Greatest
Flood on Record. |
|
1897 -
|
Diamond
jubilee of Queen Victoria. |
|
1903 -
|
Lifting
of toll of Maidenhead bridge, after 750 years. [more] |
|
1914
/18 -
|
In
the first world war, Maidenhead suffers 900 casualties from a
population
of c. 13,000. Four Victoria Crosses are awarded to local people. |
|
1927 -
|
Ivor
Novello buys Redroofs at Littlewick Green as his country house. [more] |
|
1935 -
|
Opening
of White Waltham aerodrome. |
|
1940 -
|
Wartime
HQ of Air Transport Auxiliary established at White Waltham.
[more] |
|
1947 -
|
Most
severe flood of 20th century. |
|
1948 -
|
Maidonian
rower Bert Bushnell wins a Gold Medal in the London Olympic Games
for his victory in Mens Double Sculls
[more] |
|
1950
/66 -
|
Hammer,
the 'House of Horror', make over 80 films in Bray.
[more] |
|
1957 -
|
A
Vanwall racing car, driven by Stirling Moss, becomes the first
British car to win the British Grand Prix since 1934. |
|
1957 -
|
First flight of the Fairey Rotodyne, the world's first vertical
take-off airliner, promising fast city-centre to city-centre travel. [more]
[picture] |
|
1961 -
|
The
Profumo Affair (at Cliveden). [more] |
|
1961 -
|
Completion
of Maidenhead bypass - after 38 years! |
|
1972 -
|
Buildling
of relief roads, named after our twin towns in Germany, France
and Italy. |
|
1974 -
|
Local
government reorganization replaces the Borough of Maidenhead with
the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead. |
|
1997 -
|
New
parliament constituency of Maidenhead is formed. |
|
2002 -
|
The
Maidenhead Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme (known as
the Jubilee River) is opened, providing protection against floods
of 1947 proportions. [more] |
|
2003 -
|
Worst
floods since 1947. Maidenhead is saved by the Jubilee River, but
there is severe flooding from Cookham to Hurley. |
|
2003 -
|
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. |
