WALTHAM ST. LAWRENCE PARISH

Introduction

The name 'Waltham' is believed to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon words Wealt and Ham, meaning 'dilapidated homes'. The church is called St. Lawrence and thus gives the village its name. There is evidence of the existence of a Roman temple in Weycock Field in the parish. Most of the coins found from the site are of the lower empire (except for a silver one of Amyntas, the grandfather of Alexander the Great) and the area was occupied until 270. The high-road to London formerly left the London to Reading main-road at the 29th milestone and ran across Weycock Field (often referred to as Weycock Highrood). The Priory of Hurley maintained a grange in the village on the site of what is now Church Farm (to the north-west of the present Church) and this is why the great tithes of the parish were formerly appropriated to the Prior of Hurley.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	1,472 hectares
Population	1,243 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	84 people/km²
Mean age	41.0
Ward	Hurley & Walthams
District	Windsor and Maidenhead
Postcodes	RG10, RG40, RG42
ONS ID	E04001224