White Waltham

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White Waltham
White Waltham shown within Berkshire
Population	2,881
OS grid reference	SU855775
Unitary authority	Windsor and Maidenhead
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Maidenhead
Postcode district	SL6
Dialling code	01628
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Maidenhead
List of places: UK • England • Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°29′25″N 0°46′09″W / 51.4904, -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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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Settlements in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Towns: Ascot \| Maidenhead \| Windsor
Civil parishes: Bisham \| Bray \| Cookham \| Cox Green \| Datchet \| Eton \| Horton \| Hurley \| Old Windsor \| Shottesbrooke \| Sunningdale \| Sunninghill and Ascot \| Waltham St Lawrence \| White Waltham \| Wraysbury
Other villages and suburbs: Bray Wick \| Burchetts Green \| Cheapside \| Clewer \| Cockpole Green \| Cookham Dean \| Dedworth \| Eton Wick \| Holyport \| Knowl Hill \| Littlewick Green \| Paley Street \| Pinkneys Green \| Sunninghill \| Touchen End