history of the area
The information below is taken from the Future of our Village document, dated June 2014 and the Bourne End Community Led Plan, dated November 2012. Both documents are within the NDP’s (Neighbourhood Development Plan’s) supporting documents list which can be found in its entirety on our Google Drive.
The Wooburns
The Wooburns consist of Wooburn Town, Wooburn Green, Wooburn Common and Wooburn Moor, and much of the area is located in the valley of the River Wye between Bourne End, Loudwater and Holtspur in South Buckinghamshire. In fact, the name “Wooburn” is likely to have derived from “Wyeburn”, relating to the Wye bourn or small stream running through it. Wooburn forms part of the Wooburn and Bourne End Parish, and has good transport links to the M40 and M4 motorways and also to the railways at Bourne End and Beaconsfield. Historically, much of the development of the area was associated with the water mills based along the River Wye. These mills would initially have ground corn, but in more recent times, they focussed on paper-making. Soho Mill closed in the 1980s and Glory Mill in 2000, making way for business and housing developments.
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Bourne End
The village of Bourne End is situated alongside one-and-a-half miles of the River Thames to the west of London and Windsor. It was originally a grouping of working class hamlets, Cores End, Eghams Green, Upper Bourne End and Well End. The coming of the railway in 1854 carried with it the seeds of change as the station was located in the fields between the small communities and the Bourne End that is known today developed around the centre and encompassed the older hamlets. The ward of Bourne End – cum – Hedsor currently has a population of approximately 5,500. There are excellent transport links with frequent train connections to London, Oxford and the West. In addition two major motorways, M40 and the M4, ensure links to London, Heathrow Airport and important cities are within reach.
The majority of the village is included in the Wooburn and Bourne End Parish with the remainder being in the Parish of Little Marlow.
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