Dorney

Dorney is a village in the English county of Buckinghamshire, near to Slough and about two and a half miles west of Eton.

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The village name is Old English and means "island frequented by bumble bees". This refers to the fact that it was once a patch of hard ground in the middle of a marshy bog, though with modern farming methods the marshland has more or less disappeared. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was referred to as Dornei.

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The manor house, Dorney Court, is listed among England's many fine country houses.

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Today the village's proximity to the M4 motorway (therefore with a close link into London) has meant that it is now an area popular with executives and commuters.

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The parish church is dedicated to St James.

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Buckinghamshire: Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury....