11 May 2010
The earliest known written record of Thatcham’s name comes from c.950 and is spelt Thaecham. This is likely to refer to either Thatched dwellings or the reed beds that run nearby which would have supplied the roofing materials.
10 May 2010
Bryan Gush, who had a garage in Thatcham, developed his own car that was very successful at Brooklands in Spring 1934.
9 May 2010
Frances Winchcombe is probably best remembered as the founder of the Winchcombe Charity in 1707 AD, which provided for the rebuilding of the derelict Chapel of St. Thomas as a school for thirty poor boys of the district.
8 May 2010
Ames Crosta Engineering Co. Ltd had a wind powered sludge pump erected c.1924 at Colthrop Paper Mill. The wind powered unit was of a rather rare variety – the subject of some research over the last few years.
7 May 2010
The 1851 census lists one Thomas Newton as a surveyor of roads aged 40 and his wife, Emma (nee DEANE) aged 38. Their address was then Sussex Place, Chapel of Greenham, Thatcham.