21 Facts About Maidenhead

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Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames.

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The town differs from the Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead, which includes a number of outer suburbs and villages such as Twyford, Charvil, Remenham, Ruscombe and Wargrave.

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3.

Antiquary John Leland claimed that the area around Maidenhead's present town centre was a small Roman settlement called Alaunodunum.

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4.

Maidenhead stated that it had all but disappeared by the end of the Roman occupation.

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5.

Maidenhead is recorded in the Domesday Book as the settlement of Ellington in the hundred of Beynhurst.

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6.

Previously, it had kept to the north bank and crossed the Thames by ford at Cookham, and the medieval town, later to become Maidenhead grew up on the site of Alaunodunum and South Ellington, between the new bridge and the bottom of Castle Hill.

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Maidenhead became the first stopping point for coaches travelling from London to Gloucester and Bath and the town became populated with numerous inns.

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8.

Maidenhead became its own entity in 1894, being split from the civil parishes of both Bray and Cookham.

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9.

The town of Maidenhead was formerly part of the Windsor and Maidenhead Parliament constituency, a Conservative safe seat.

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10.

Maidenhead has been held by the Conservative Party in every election since its foundation in 1997.

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11.

Maidenhead was originally the planned western terminus for the Crossrail line until Reading station, situated 13 miles southwest of Maidenhead, was chosen.

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12.

Maidenhead has a site of Special Scientific Interest in the northern outskirts of the town called Cannoncourt Farm Pit, where the largest hand axe of the paleolithic era in Britain was discovered.

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13.

Maidenhead has a long history of settlement, going back to the Anglo-Saxon and Roman periods.

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14.

In December 2007, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead set up the Partnership for the Regeneration of Maidenhead, which in October 2008 launched a comprehensive 20 Year Vision and Action Plan for rejuvenating the town centre.

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15.

Maidenhead was home to the conference that agreed on the Maidenhead Locator System standard in 1980.

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16.

Maidenhead offers High Street shopping facilities including Nicholson's Centre, a shopping centre on the site of Nicholson's brewery.

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17.

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has built a new leisure centre in the town to replace the outdated Magnet Leisure Centre which is located east of Kidwells Park.

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18.

Maidenhead is in England's Silicon Corridor along the M4 motorway west of London.

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19.

Maidenhead has often seen winners go on to represent the United Kingdom at the Olympic games.

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20.

The town's football team, Maidenhead United, play at York Road, which is the oldest football ground in the world continuously used by the same team.

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21.

Maidenhead has been the home of Maidenhead Citadel Band of the Salvation Army since 1886.

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