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IVER PARISH GUIDE
HISTORY AND HERITAGE
(by Colin Davenport)
SITUATION AND ACCESSIBILITY
IVER Parish is situated in the extreme
south-east of Buckinghamshire and
includes the discrete areas of Iver Village,
Iver Heath, Richings Park and Thorney. As
it has expanded through the centuries,
former hamlets Love Green, Swallow Street
and Shreding Green have been
incorporated.
The 58 bus route connects the Parish to
Uxbridge and Slough, and runs 7 days a
week. The 583 route runs from Langley to
Uxbridge via Richings Park, Iver Village
Black Park from the path from
Pinewood Road
and Cowley, week days only. A Saturdays-only service, the 582, runs from Denham to
Windsor, via George Green.
Local First Great Western trains run from Iver to London, Slough, Reading and Oxford.
HISTORY AND HISTORICAL FIGURES
Like most rural communities, changelessness appeals in Iver but always the Parish exists
in a state of flux. The history of Iver tells of the times when Britain was very differently
organised and the Parish came into existence in 1894 when centuries and those who
lived in them had made their mark.
The Parish exists in an environment that has rivers – the Colne, the Slough arm of the
Grand Union Canal and other waterways such as the Alderbourne and the Colne Brook
– and historically was named as the settlement (ham) on the slope (evre) above the
Colne and Colne Brook. This was recorded as Evreham in the Doomsday Book in 1086.
People were attracted to the area from
prehistoric times. Stone Age and Bronze
Age implements and artefacts have been
found in the Colne and Colne Brook. The
Parish Church of St. Peter, flint built, has
evidence of Saxon work. Livings could be
made through weaving and basket, brick
and paper making. Cattle could be grazed
on the open heathland to the north of the
Parish where heather and furze were cut.
The availability to all to use the heathland
The Swan Public House
was ended by the Enclosure Act of 1801.
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