White Waltham
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White Waltham is a village and civil parish, two miles west of Maidenhead, in the English county of Berkshire. It is the location of White Waltham Airfield.
[edit] Extent
In the south, the parish includes Paley Street and Littlefield Green. White Waltham village sits in the mid-west of the parish. To the north-west is Woodlands Park, on the edge of Maidenhead, and the Maidenhead Business Park. In the north-east corner of the parish is Woolley Green and in the north-west, Littlewick Green.
[edit] History
The area is made up of many manors and a number of good country houses survive, such as Waltham Place with its organic farm and gardens which are open to the public. The parish church of St Mary dates from Norman times, but has many 13th century and Victorian features. Thomas Hearne was born at Littlefield Green in 1678. Acquiring the patronage of the local lord of the manor, Francis Cherry, he rose to become assistant-keeper of the Bodleian Library in Oxford and the author of many important works.
