Burnham lies north of the River Thames, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London and Reading, Berkshire. The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead on a stream'. It was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burneham, when the ma...
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Burnham lies north of the River Thames, and sits on the border with Berkshire, between the towns of Maidenhead and Slough. It is served by Burnham railway station in the west of Slough on the main line between London and Reading, Berkshire. The M4 motorway passes through the south of the parish.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'homestead on a stream'. It was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Burneham, when the manor belonged to Walter Fitz-Other.
Burnham was once a very important village. The road from London to Bath (now the A4) passed through the extensive parish of Burnham and as a result, in 1271, it received a Royal charter to hold a market and an annual fair. However, when the bridge crossing the Thames in Maidenhead opened the road was diverted away from Burnham, which fell into relative decay. The market was then transferred to Maidenhead.
Today the village is contiguous with Slough due to urban spread, though it retains some of its own...
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