is an
English village on the banks of the
River Thames , situated in the
Unitary Authority of
Windsor And Maidenhead in the county of
Berkshire . Prior to the
1974 boundary changes, Datchet was situated in
Buckinghamshire .
One of the landmarks of this village is the Datchet Manor. The history of the manor begins in
1335 when King
Edward III gave the manor of Datchet to William de Montacute who then gave it to Sir John Molins, who held it until
1631 . The manor changed hands several times until it became the property of the Duchess of Buccleuch in the
1700s .
As Of 2003 , the manor is a hotel and conference centre.
The name is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to ''cet'' (meaning ''wood''). In the
Domesday Book it was named as 'Daceta'
