   datchet is a village and civil parish on the river thames, england. although administratively part of berkshire between 1974 and 1996, it lies in the traditional county of buckinghamshire. the village developed because of its close proximity to windsor and the ferry service which connected it to the main london road across the river thames. the ferry was later replaced by a road bridge at the foot of high street, rebuilt three times, a rail bridge approaching windsor across the river, and two road bridges above and below the village.windsor bridges the name "datchet" is thought to be celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). in domesday book it is called "daceta". ==history== there is evidence of people living in the area which become datchet shortly after the end of the last ice age, between 10,000 and 6,500 years ago, and of a multi-period settlement at southlea from the neolithic to late roman periods (datchet village society report: plus vol ii) datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when king ethelred made small grants of land here. datchet manor is in domesday book (1085â86) when it was held by giles de pinkney.parishes: datchet, a history of the county of buckingham: volume 3 william page (ed.) (1925), pp. 249-255. date accessed: 6 december 2009 in 1150, the church already existed in datchet and the pinkney family sold it to the abbey of st albans, hertfordshire. as such the abbot became rector as improprietor of the parish and had the right to appoint vicars. thumb|250px|left|datchet mead and datchet ferry in 1686 with windsor castle in the background thumb|right|datchet from j5 of the m4 and the queen mother reservoir to datchet golf course there was a ferry at datchet ferry which provided
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