Dedworth
Coordinates: 51°28′37″N 0°38′53″W / 51.477°N 0.648°W
Dedworth is the most westerly area of Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
History
The name Dedworth is formed from the words 'Dydda', meaning a man's name and 'Worth', a Saxon word for enclosure.[1]
Dedworth was one of three Saxon villages (the other two being Clewer and Losfield) that Windsor expanded to encompass. Dedworth predates Windsor and is mentioned in the Domesday Book[1] as Dideorde.[2]
An irregular quadrangular moat in Wolf Lane may be all that remains of the manor house of Dedworth Maunsell.[1] The other manor in the area was Dedworth Loring, owned by the De Loring family from the time of Peter De Loring in the early 13th century.[1] It was possibly located to the north where a large medieval hearth has been uncovered in the aptly named Knight’s Close.[1]
Shops
Dedworth has a number of shops, including: The Cooperative, Boots Pharmacy, Tesco, Model Shop (Mantua Model UK Ltd) and many others.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ford, David Nash (2001). "History of Dedworth, Berkshire". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ "The Domesday Book Online: Berkshire D-M". Retrieved 2008-02-03.
External links
Media related to Dedworth at Wikimedia Commons
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