Touchen End
Touchen End | |
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Village | |
The former Holy Trinity church | |
Location within Berkshire | |
Population | <100 |
OS grid reference | SU875765 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MAIDENHEAD |
Postcode district | SL6 |
Dialling code | 01628 |
Police | Thames Valley |
Fire | Royal Berkshire |
Ambulance | South Central |
UK Parliament | |
Touchen End, formerly written Touchen-end, is a village in the civil parish of Bray in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Maidenhead and 5 miles (8 km) west of Windsor and lies on the border of Bray and Waltham parishes.
History
The earliest record of a settlement is from 1274 when it was called Twychene, however by 1360 it was registered as a
Toponymy
The settlement's earliest name, Twychene, is possibly a corruption of 'two chain' where chains were stretched across road junctions to enable a toll to be levied. As the village lies on the junction of the A330 and the B3024 this is a plausible explanation.[1] Another theory is that the Touchen End has evolved from a shortening of Tutchin Lane End meaning a hamlet at the fork of a road, twicen(e) being Old English for fork of a road.[2] In the years since 1274 the village has been recorded on maps and referred to in documents which show the evolution of the name:
Name | Date | Source[2] |
Twychene | 1274–1353 | Rentals and Surveys |
Twichene | 1314–1316 | Ministers Accounts |
La Twichen | 1316 | Calendar of Fine Rolls |
La Twychene | 1338/9 | Calendar of Fine Rolls & Introduction to the Survey of English Place Names 1924 |
Twechene | 1401/2 | Feudal Aids |
Twechen | 1426/7 | Court Rolls (Bray) |
Towchinge | 1586 | Rentals and Surveys |
Tutcham Lane | 1641 | State Papers Domestic |
Tutchin Lane End | 1711 | A Letter containing an account of some antiquities between Windsor and Oxford, T. Hearne |
Tutchin Lane | 1761 | A Topographical Survey of the County of Berkshire, J. Rocque, 1761 |
Tutchin Lane | 1790 | A topographical Map of the Town of Reading and the Country adjacent to an Extent of Ten Miles, Thomas Pride, 1790 |
Tatchen Lane | 1800 | Map of Windsor Great Park and part of the Forest, Wm. Eden, 1800 |
Holy Trinity Church
The village expanded in the mid-19th century with the building of an
In later years, it served as a
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9521969-0-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-521-08575-6.
- ISBN 0-14-071030-2
- ^ Editorial (14 June 1862). The Builder. p. 430.
- Berkshire records Officedocument number DP/23
- ^ History of Touchen End. R.Fontaine