25-715: Colnbrook is a village in the Slough district in Berkshire , England. It lies within the historic boundaries of Buckinghamshire , and straddles two distributaries of the Colne , the Colne Brook and Wraysbury River . These two streams have their confluence just to the southeast of the village. Colnbrook is centred 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the Slough town centre, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Windsor , and 19 miles (31 km) west of central London. Colnbrook forms
50-516: A historic part of Stanwell which forms the southern part of London Heathrow Airport , it is also equidistant between nearby accessible junctions of the M4 and M25 and a suburban parish with significant industrial/logistical buildings and open land. Colnbrook is in the Windsor constituency and its Member of Parliament is Adam Afriyie ( Conservative ). At the 2011 census, the whole civil parish had
75-532: A population of 6,157 living in 2,533 homes, giving a density of 10.9 people per hectare (approximately a quarter of the density of the borough as a whole and just under one half of the average for England). Colnbrook was before the M4 along the Roman-origin A4 (previously the Bath road) as well as to Windsor or Maidenhead by way of Slough , and had been a convenient halting-place for travellers before
100-576: Is a unitary authority with borough status in the ceremonial county of Berkshire , Southern England. The borough is centred around the town of Slough and includes Langley . It forms an urban area with parts of Buckinghamshire and extends to the villages of Burnham , Farnham Royal , George Green , and Iver . Part of the district's area was in Buckinghamshire prior to the district's formation and in Middlesex until 1965 . The borough
125-576: Is a village and civil parish in Berkshire , England. It is between Windsor and Staines-upon-Thames . The village name is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune . The Horton Manor was assessed at 10 hides and held by Walter son of Other. Through
150-707: Is at the eastern end of the borough of Slough and is directly west of the M25 motorway which separates it from Heathrow Airport in the London Borough of Hillingdon in Greater London and the borough of Spelthorne in Surrey. Elevations vary between 22 and 20m Above Ordnance Datum with the Thames at 17m AOD 3 miles (4.8 km) south at Staines which is where the natural rivers generally drain toward. The river
175-603: Is reportedly haunted and has been subject to investigations by the Sussex Paranormal Research Group and Most Haunted . On an episode of Ghosthunters International that aired on 21 July 2010, it is mentioned that the Jarman murders at the Ostrich Inn were the inspiration for the story of Sweeney Todd . Colnbrook is also the place where Richard Cox (a retired brewer), in 1825, first grafted
200-527: Is unusual for its regional park (and walk) and seven mouths ( distributaries ). The town's industrial estates are important in fields such as transportation, food and drinks manufacture, warehousing and distribution and despite almost all being in Poyle , landlords have mostly preferred to let premises under the name Colnbrook – but not all, such as Coca-Cola . Beside the Greater London boundary and
225-670: The Cox's Orange Pippin apple at his orchard named The Lawns . A traditional coaching history has led to no fewer than four inns or public houses remaining, three in Colnbrook, one in Poyle. Colnbrook has a complicated administrative history. The village was historically divided by the Colne Brook between the ancient parish of Stanwell in Middlesex in the east, and the parishes of Horton and Langley Marish in Buckinghamshire in
250-623: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (also in Berkshire). Notable settlements nearby including London , Reading and High Wycombe . The nearest airport is Heathrow Airport , which is located roughly 7 miles (11 km) to the south-east. The borough has good links to London and other towns and cities with its main connecting road being the M4 motorway . It is also served by six railway stations: Taplow , Burnham , Slough , Langley , Iver and West Drayton . The district contains
275-454: The unparished area of Slough and the civil parish of Colnbrook with Poyle . The parishes of Britwell and Wexham Court were scheduled for abolition in April 2019, but after an appeal by the parish councils and a judicial review the order was quashed and the parishes remain unchanged. The borough comprises 21 wards: Map of Slough showing its wards. Horton, Berkshire Horton
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#1732797169317300-698: The Horton parish flows the Colne Brook which runs to the River Thames from the River Colne . Wraysbury railway station is nearest to its southern end, and Sunnymeads railway station is nearest to its western end. Heathrow Airport is to its east. Horton has a local nature reserve, the Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve . The Church of England parish church of St Michael has a 12th-century nave, with an ornate Norman arch over
325-528: The Hospice (subsequently the 'Ostrich', probably by way of corruption of the original name), the third oldest in England. By 1577, Colnbrook had no fewer than ten coaching inns . Colnbrook's High Street was on the main London to Bath road and turn off point for Windsor and was used as a resting point for travellers. In Thomas Deloney 's fictional Pleasant History of Thomas of Reading (c. 1598), Jarman,
350-473: The River Colne. The murder of a wealthy clothier, Thomas Cole of Reading, proved to be Jarman's undoing in that he failed to get rid of Cole's horse, leading to his confessing. The story ends with Jarman and his wife being hanged for robbery and murder, and the river and town being named "Cole" and "Colebrooke" respectively after Thomas Cole. According to local tradition, this inn was the Ostrich Inn. The inn
375-455: The greater part of the civil parish of Colnbrook with Poyle (see also Poyle ). Junctions of the M4 and M25 are near the village. To the east is Longford , London, and Bedfont and Stanwell which abut the south of London Heathrow Airport . Colnbrook with Poyle is a suburban parish with significant industrial units, logistical premises and open land. The parish was created on 1 April 1995 as an amalgamation of Colnbrook from Iver to
400-583: The introduction of railways. Local bus services are operated by London United who run services on the 81 from the main village to Hounslow and First Berkshire & The Thames Valley who run the remainder of the services. Colnbrook was served by a railway line that ran to West Drayton , with a railway station serving the village until it was closed in 1965 under the Beeching Axe . The railway line formerly continued to also to Staines-upon-Thames . Borough of Slough The Borough of Slough
425-605: The landlord of the Crane Inn during the reign of Henry I , installed a large trap door under the bed in the best bedroom located immediately above the inn's kitchen. The bed was fixed to the trap door and the mattress securely attached to the bedstead, so that when two retaining iron pins were removed from below in the small hours of the morning, the sleeping guest was neatly decanted into a boiling cauldron. In this way, more than sixty of his richer guests were murdered silently and with no bloodshed. Their bodies were then disposed of in
450-544: The north and the smaller Poyle from an unparished area of Stanwell to the south-east. At the 2011 census the whole civil parish had a population of 6,157 living in 2,533 homes. Mentioned in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book , Colnbrook is on the Colne Brook , a tributary of the River Colne , hence Colnbrook . Coaching inns were the village's main industry. In 1106, the first one was founded by Milo Crispin, named
475-418: The north door in the porch. The north transept is 15th century and the square bell-tower is late 16th century. The aisle, chancel and vestry were rebuilt in 1875–76. The exterior of the church is chequered with brickwork, limestone and flint. The tower is square and between 70 and 80 feet (21 and 24 m) high. It has a clock, and the ring of bells was augmented from five to six in 1987. Horton
500-623: The ward has formed part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor , which has been represented since 2005 by Adam Afriyie of the Conservative Party. Before 1997 the town was part of the UK Parliamentary constituency of Windsor and Maidenhead which was consistently held by the Conservative Party. John Milton the English poet is one of the more famous former residents of Horton. His family rented Berkyn Manor ,
525-450: The west. The parish vestries provided traditional poor relief and road maintenance but lay in the 19th century in different Poor Law Unions . Stanwell became part of Staines Rural District in 1894 and Staines Urban District in 1930. The Buckinghamshire parishes joined Eton Rural District in 1894. In 1965 the eastern part of Colnbrook was transferred to Surrey with the rest of Staines Urban District. In 1974 Staines Urban District
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#1732797169317550-516: Was absorbed into the new borough of Spelthorne . In 1974 most of the parish of Horton was transferred to the new borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, but the western part of Colnbrook remained in Buckinghamshire and was added to the parish of Iver , in the South Bucks district. Colnbrook was finally united on 1 April 1995, when the present combined parish of Colnbrook with Poyle
575-451: Was formed and added to the borough of Slough in Berkshire . That was the county's last boundary change before Berkshire County Council was abolished to be replaced by six unitary authorities . When the county council was abolished in April 1998 the borough became more important for local government; however a Berkshire Fire and Rescue service persists, as do ceremonial roles, judicial roles and sporting competitions. Colnbrook (with Poyle)
600-749: Was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 from the Municipal Borough of Slough and parts of the parishes of Burnham and Wexham of which were formerly in Eton Rural District in Buckinghamshire . On 1 April 1995 the parish of Colnbrook with Poyle was transferred to Slough. The borough borders the counties of Buckinghamshire (the unitary authority of the same name ), Greater London ( Hillingdon ) and Surrey ( Spelthorne ), as well as
625-593: Was transferred from Buckinghamshire to Berkshire in 1974. At parish level the village is represented by nine councillors of the Horton Parish Council. At borough level the town is part of the Datchet Horton and Wraysbury electoral ward and is currently represented by three councillors, David Cannon ( Conservative ), Ewan Larcombe (independent) and Gary Muir (Conservative), in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead . Nationally, since 1997
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