Category Archives: era
John Rocque’s Berkshire Map, 1761
John Rocque’s ‘A topographical map of the county of Berkshire’ was first published in 1761. It could well be the earliest map in existence that shows Cippenham, which Rocque spelt ‘Sypingham’. The map was produced in 18 plates and unfortunately
Shocking practices of Cippenham villagers
This image shows Cippenham villagers indulging in the long-forgotten practice of “shocking up”. Corn stalks were gathered into bundles, placed upright and bound up, so that they would dry out. The image is one from a delightful photograph album currently
Was the Cippenham V1 air Launched?
More that one reader has suggested that given the date it is almost certain that the Cippenham V1 must have been launched from an aeroplane in the Thames estuary aimed at London and that the ranging device probably failed and
Two-Mile Brook
Two-mile brook is an ancient mill stream that flows from Haymill (once the site of a mill called Ay Mill) through the heart of Cippenham. It possesses more early historical references than any building or other feature within Cippenham. The
The man who came back from the dead
The war memorial in the centre of Cippenham carries the names of those from the village who fell during the First and Second World Wars. The inscribed list for the First World War contains 19 names, the last of which
Sir John Herschel and Jos Langton of Cippenham Court Farm
Sir John Herschel (1792-1871), was the only son of Sir William Herschel. Like his father, Sir John was one of the foremost scientists of his age and also lived at Observatory House in Wellington Road, Slough. He made enormous contributions
Ghosts of Cippenham
There is a disappointing lack of ghostly and other supernatural phenomena recorded in Cippenham. The only building credited in books with being haunted is Cippenham Place. In Ghosts Along The Thames by Anne Mitchell, 1972, it says: Another old house
The Hill Family of Cippenham in The Great War.
There are four members of the Hill family commemorated on the Cippenham war memorial. Dave Hill, who was born in Cippenham in 1943 and now lives in Cornwall, is of the same family. He kindly got in touch to share
3D Model of The Cippenham V1
This is a 3D model of a Fiesler Fi103 flying bomb (V1), one of which hit Cippenham in 1944. There were around five different colour schemes used for V1’s and this particular scheme was the most common at the time