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Brightwell-cum-Sotwell history
Brightwell and Sotwell were originally two separate villages. The villages were rural settlements whose inhabitants worked the land. Brightwell was originally two rural settlements.
Prehistory
For thousands of years hunter-gatherers of the Thames Valley would have passed this way. This good soil and abundant water supply may have encouraged Iron Age farmers to settle in this area. The ramparts on Wittenham Clumps provide enduring evidence of Iron Age settlement in the area.
Medieval times
The first written evidence of a village here comes from various Saxon charters describing ownership of land in Beorhtanville, Suttanwille and Maccanie. In 854 Æthelwulf, King of Wessex granted Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, an estate of 30 hides at Brihtanwylle. William the Conqueror’s agents recorded in the Domesday Book 70 families and two mills in Brightwell and Sotwell.
Early modern times
For the next 800 years Brightwell and Sotwell parishes only occasionally appear in recorded history. For example: 1330 (circa) Thomas de Brayles, later Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer, appointed parish priest.
Modern times
In 1948 the villages of Brightwell and Sotwell were brought together as one civil parish. In 1949 the Greenmere estate was built and later, estates were also built at Kings Orchard, Monks Mead and Datchet Green. There are no immediate plans for any major development.
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