Britwell

Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SU955825
Administration
Unitary authority:	Slough
Region:	South East England
Nation:	England
Other
Police force:	Thames Valley
Ceremonial county:	Berkshire
Historic county:	Buckinghamshire
Post office and telephone
Post town:
Postal district:
Dialling code:	01753
Politics
UK Parliament:	Slough
European Parliament:	South East England

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The name Britwell derives from the old english beorhtan wiellan meaning 'bright, clear well'

Modern-day Britwell was extended onto farmland, as overspill for bombed-out Londoners at the end of the Second World War. The first of 11,000 tenants moved in 1956 and were delighted with the "roomy and modern" houses, complete with large swivel windows - "a boon to housewives". However, there was a dearth of amenities at first, but after the founding of the community association in 1959, the village finally got a bus service into Slough, and a community centre in 1966. This article is about the British city. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...

Subsequently, Britwell has been subsumed into the growing conurbation of Slough.

Britwell used to be renowned throughout the local area for its high rate of petty crime. In 2002 bus drivers refused to drive through there at night because of repeated incidents of teenage boys throwing stones at buses. It does however contain large unspoilt areas of parkland and woodland, not seen elsewhere in the borough.