# Wraysbury > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wraysbury > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wraysbury.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraysbury > Source revision: 1346653253 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in England}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox UK place | static_image_name = Wraysbury St Andrew's.JPG | static_image_caption = St Andrew's parish church | country = England | type = [Village](/source/Village) and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) | coordinates = {{coord|51.458|-0.552|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Wraysbury | population = 4900 | population_ref = ([2021 Census](/source/United_Kingdom_census%2C_2021)){{cite web |url= http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130999&c=Wraysbury&d=16&e=62&g=6398473&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1480588346845&enc=1 |title=Civil Parish population 2021 |work=[Neighbourhood Statistics](/source/Neighbourhood_Statistics) |publisher=[Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics) |access-date=26 March 2026}} | civil_parish = Wraysbury{{Cite web|url=https://www.wraysburyparishcouncil.gov.uk/home.php|title = Wraysbury Parish Council|website=Wraysburyparishcouncil.gov.uk}} | unitary_england = [Windsor and Maidenhead](/source/Royal_Borough_of_Windsor_and_Maidenhead) | lieutenancy_england = [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) | region = South East England | constituency_westminster = [Windsor](/source/Windsor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town = [Staines-upon-Thames](/source/Staines-upon-Thames) | postcode_district = TW19 | postcode_area = TW | dial_code = 01784 | os_grid_reference = TQ005745 }} '''Wraysbury''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in the [Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead](/source/Royal_Borough_of_Windsor_and_Maidenhead) in [England](/source/England). It is under the western approach path of London [Heathrow Airport](/source/Heathrow_Airport).{{cite web|url=http://www.geplus.co.uk/Journals/2015/05/22/k/m/t/GE-Oct-1976---The-Queen-Mother-Reservoir---some-aspects-of-its-design-and-construction.pdf|title=The Queens Mother Reserfoir|website=Geplus.co.uk|access-date=19 November 2018|archive-date=19 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619203359/http://www.geplus.co.uk/Journals/2015/05/22/k/m/t/GE-Oct-1976---The-Queen-Mother-Reservoir---some-aspects-of-its-design-and-construction.pdf|url-status=dead}} It is located on the east bank of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames), roughly midway between [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Berkshire) and [Staines-upon-Thames](/source/Staines-upon-Thames), and {{convert|18|mi|km}} west by south-west of [London](/source/London). [Historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) part of [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire), Wraysbury was made part of the new non-metropolitan county of [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire) in 1974, under the [Local Government Act 1972](/source/Local_Government_Act_1972). The [Wraysbury Reservoir](/source/Wraysbury_Reservoir) is located to the east, administratively wholly in the [Spelthorne](/source/Borough_of_Spelthorne) district of [Surrey](/source/Surrey), although it was historically divided between Buckinghamshire and [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex). ==History== Investigation by [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Berkshire) and Wraysbury Archaeological Society of a field in the centre of Wraysbury to the east of [St Andrew](/source/St_Andrew)'s Church revealed evidence of human activity in Neolithic times. Many hundreds of flint artefacts were found and are now in the care of the Windsor Museum collection. The village name was traditionally spelt ''Wyrardisbury''; it is [Anglo Saxon](/source/Old_English) in origin and means "Wigred's fort".{{cite book|last=Mills|first=A. D.|title=A Dictionary of British Place Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780191739446|entry=Wraysbury|entry-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-14339|entry-url-access=subscription}} Its name is recorded in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) of 1086 as ''Wirecesberie''{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=The National |title=The National Archives |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=The National Archives |language=en-GB}} and as ''Wiredesbur'' in 1195. The name is seen again as ''Wyrardesbury'' in 1422.{{cite web|title=Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40/647|url=http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/bCP40no647dorses/IMG_0818.htm|quotation=Sixth entry, with John Magot as plaintiff against Thomas Gille of Wyrardesbury|website=Aalt.law.uh.edu|access-date=19 November 2018}} ===Magna Carta Island and Ankerwycke=== thumb|View of Wraysbury Lakes thumb|Swans on Wraysbury Lakes right|thumb|Water extract plant buildings at Hythe End [Magna Carta Island](/source/Magna_Carta_Island), in the parish of Wraysbury, is one of the sites traditionally suggested for the [sealing](/source/seal_(emblem)) of [Magna Carta](/source/Magna_Carta) in 1215. On the Ankerwycke estate in the village are the ruins of [Ankerwycke Priory](/source/Ankerwycke_Priory), a Benedictine nunnery, founded in the reign of [King Henry II](/source/Henry_II_of_England). One of the 50 oldest trees in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) can be found here: at around 2,000 years old,''The Heritage Trees of Britain and Northern Ireland'' by Jon Stokes and Donald Roger: The Tree Council {{ISBN|1-84119-959-1}} the [Ankerwycke Yew](/source/Ankerwycke_Yew) dates from the [Iron Age](/source/Iron_Age), and is so wide that you can fit a [Mini](/source/Mini) Cooper behind its trunk and not see it from the other side. Local legend says that [Anne Boleyn](/source/Anne_Boleyn) once sat under the tree, while residing at the Ankerwycke estate, but this has not been verified.{{cite news |title= Ankerwycke Burned Down |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |pages=Picture Section Rotogravure: Part 1, Page 15 |date=19 September 1915 |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/09/19/301820352.pdf }} Henry Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford died at Ankerwycke in 1637.Cokayne, ''[The Complete Peerage](/source/The_Complete_Peerage)'', new edition, vol.XII pt.1, p.187 The Ankerwycke estate was bought by John Blagrove, a prominent [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n [slave](/source/slavery) owner, who did much to improve the estate. {{Cite web |title=Page:A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica.djvu/73 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:A_Picturesque_Tour_of_the_Island_of_Jamaica.djvu/73 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}} ==Wraysbury in the 19th century== The population of Wraysbury remained relatively static during the 19th century, with a slight increase between the 1801 return of 616 and the final census of the century which gave a population figure of 660. This compares to a population figure for Wraysbury of 3,641 in the 2001 census. For centuries, agricultural and mill work had been the principal areas of employment for the villagers; and as late as 1831, census returns show that of the 135 families in the village, 62 were employed in agriculture while 68 made their living in the mills. This compares to the most recent census in which around 12% of the population work from home and the average distance travelled to work is {{convert|14.24|km|mi|0|disp=flip}}.[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ National Statistics website]: Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) ===The Wraysbury enclosure=== The [enclosure](/source/enclosure) of the parish of Wraysbury was ordered by a private [inclosure act](/source/inclosure_act){{which|date=January 2025}} of 1799 and was signed by the commissioners in 1803. The map of the village was redrawn by Thomas Bainbridge and shows the distribution of the lands in the following enclosure. Immediately prior to this the [common land](/source/common_land) of the village was owned by the [Lord of the Manor](/source/Lord_of_the_Manor) of Wraysbury, at that time [John Simon Harcourt](/source/John_Simon_Harcourt), the church and the trustees of William Gyll Esq., although, as common land, they were subject to legal rights of [pasture](/source/pasture) and [grazing](/source/grazing) for copyholders and other tenants. In addition to those with legal rights over the land, the poor of the district would have had 'real' or '[customary rights](/source/custom_(law))', for example to feed their livestock or gather wood for fuel.{{Citation needed|date=February 2026}} The only beneficiaries from enclosure were those who could show legal rights over the [common land](/source/common_land), such as [copyholder](/source/copyholder)s and tenants of the [manor](/source/manor_house). The [enclosure](/source/enclosure) enshrined their rights, converting "rights of common" and allocating an area of land commensurate with their rights, as close to their farmhouse as was convenient. The poor were overlooked in this process, and were no longer allowed to forage for fuel or graze their animals. The smaller landowners of Wraysbury to benefit from enclosure included Nathanial Wilmot, Nathanial Matthews, Shadrach Trotman and Thomas Buckland, all of whose names had previously appeared on the Wraysbury Court rolls as [copyhold](/source/copyhold) owners. ===Coming of the railway=== [[File:Wraysbury Railway Station.jpg|thumb|[Wraysbury railway station](/source/Wraysbury_railway_station)]] The village saw another major change in 1848 with the arrival of the railway, which opened up employment opportunities and afforded the chance to travel easily and quickly to and from the village. In the ''History of Wraysbury'' published in 1862, G.W.J. Gyll extolled the benefits to the village: ::{{cquote|''Railways have much improved the locality and the condition of the people also, and it is a powerful solvent to diminish provincial rusticity, local and self-importance; class prejudice and all the elements of isolation melt away in its presence. The railway through our parish has been of great use to it; has enhanced the value of property, as is the case wherever such a project has been executed, despite the fears of those who repressed the enterprise.''}} [William Thomas Buckland](/source/William_Thomas_Buckland) was the local surveyor and valuer employed to handle the compensation claims resulting from the purchases of land for the new railway.''The History of Buckland & Sons'' by Edward Barry Bowyer FRICS (1973) STEAM 2005 This business of ''Buckland & Sons'' grew into an estate agency, which had an office in [Windsor](/source/Windsor%2C_Berkshire) High Street for the following 150 years.''History of the Auction'' by Brian Learmount, Iver: Barnard & Learmont, 1985 {{ISBN|0951024000}} ===New road and suspension bridge=== ''Where is Wraysbury, I can scarce find it on the map?'' asked an associate of G.W.J. Gyll. Once the railway had put the village on the map, the next steps were to improve road access, and more importantly, to alleviate the adverse effects of the frequent [floods](/source/floods) which often resulted in the village being cut off from the rest of the county. [George Harcourt](/source/George_Harcourt), [Lord of the Manor](/source/Lord_of_the_Manor), suggested that a new road should be built on higher ground from Bowry's Barn to the Colne Bridge, to replace the old road which ran along ditches susceptible to flooding. The 1848 [Tithe map](/source/Tithe_maps), drawn by surveyor [William Thomas Buckland](/source/William_Thomas_Buckland) showing the proposed route of the new road, can be seen at the [Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies](/source/Centre_for_Buckinghamshire_Studies) in [Aylesbury](/source/Aylesbury). Harcourt also suggested a replacement for the old "Long Bridge" over the [River Colne](/source/River_Colne%2C_Hertfordshire) should be built, and a new [suspension bridge](/source/suspension_bridge), designed and paid for by Harcourt, was built by civil engineer Mr Dredge. ==Churches== ===Church of St Andrew=== The parish church of [St Andrew](/source/St_Andrew) is a [Gothic](/source/Gothic_architecture) structure, intermediate between [Norman](/source/Norman_architecture) and [Early English](/source/Early_English_architecture), supposed to have been built by [King John](/source/John_of_England).''History of the Parish of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and [Magna Charta Island](/source/Magna_Carta_Island); with the History of [Horton](/source/Horton%2C_Berkshire), and the town of [Colnbrook](/source/Colnbrook), Bucks.'', G.W.J. Gyll, 1862, London: [H. G. Bohn](/source/H._G._Bohn). [https://books.google.com/books?id=qMcHAAAAQAAJ Online Version at Google Books] [http://worldcat.org/oclc/5001532 OCLC: 5001532] The parish registers its date from the year 1734.{{Cite web |title=Parishes: Wyrardisbury or Wraysbury {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp320-325 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} [William Pynchon](/source/William_Pynchon), the founder of [Springfield, Massachusetts](/source/Springfield%2C_Massachusetts), died in Wraysbury in 1662 and was buried at St Andrew's Church. ===Nonconformists in Wraysbury=== thumb|Baptist chapel in Wraysbury The only place of worship in Wraysbury until 1827 was the [Anglican](/source/Anglican) church of [St Andrew](/source/St_Andrew). Local farmer, surveyor and auctioneer [William Thomas Buckland](/source/William_Thomas_Buckland), wishing to provide an alternative place of worship for [nonconformists](/source/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)), built the [Wraysbury Baptist Chapel](/source/Wraysbury_Baptist_Chapel) to his own design. The original [Baptist](/source/Baptist) meeting place was opened in 1827 and Buckland was the principal minister until his death some 40 years later. Gyll, in his ''History of Wraysbury'', described the establishment of the chapel: ::{{cquote|''Much praise is to be given to the officiating, minister of the Baptists in Wraysbury, Mr. William Thomas Buckland, who exercises his vocation at the chapel here to a well disposed and confiding auditory, while to his wife and family are entrusted the religious education of the Baptist flock.''}} The new [chapel](/source/chapel), with its elegant slender [tower](/source/bell_tower), was opened on 16 October 1862; the building works had cost around £800.''The Baptist Magazine'', J. Burditt and W. Button: Baptist Missionary Society, 1862 p.779 [https://books.google.com/books?id=POQRAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA779 Online version at Google Books] The striking [terracotta](/source/terracotta) relief panel, ''The City of Refuge'', on the front elevation of the chapel, was created by the renowned [Doulton & Co](/source/Royal_Doulton) artist [George Tinworth](/source/George_Tinworth) and is signed with his [monogram](/source/monogram).''The Doulton Lambeth Wares'', Desmond Eyles and Louise Irvine: Richard Dennis, Shepton Beauchamp, 2002, p49. After [Buckland's](/source/William_Thomas_Buckland) death, James Doulton, his son-in-law and a cousin of Sir [Henry Doulton](/source/Henry_Doulton), took over the preaching duties. Later James' son-in-law the Reverend [Arthur Gostick Shorrock](/source/Arthur_Gostick_Shorrock) took over the duties. Arthur had been a student preacher in Wraysbury in the 1880s, after which he spent 35 years as a missionary in [Shaanxi](/source/Shaanxi), [China](/source/China). ==Use in film and television== A flooded quarry in Wraysbury was used as a filming location (actually intended to be in [France](/source/France)) in the 1985 [James Bond](/source/James_Bond) film ''[A View to a Kill](/source/A_View_to_a_Kill)''.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090264/locations|title=A View to a Kill (1985)|access-date=19 November 2018|publisher=IMDb{{better reference|date=July 2024|reason=IMDB is not a relaible source [WP:UGC](/source/WP%3AUGC)}}}} Wraysbury Stores, the main village store until May 2006, appeared in an advert for the ''[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail)'' featuring [Chris Tarrant](/source/Chris_Tarrant). The stores also feature in a scene from the movie "[Buster](/source/Buster_(film))" starring [Phil Collins](/source/Phil_Collins).{{cn|date=July 2024}} ==Landmarks and community== thumb|Wraysbury Mill Due to the various [gravel pit](/source/gravel_pit)s, the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames), lakes and reservoirs (notably "The Pond"), Wraysbury has plenty of wildlife and opportunities for walks. The village has a few [Sites of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) with these being [Wraysbury Reservoir](/source/Wraysbury_Reservoir), [Wraysbury](/source/Wraysbury_and_Hythe_End_Gravel_Pits) and [Hythe End Gravel Pitsand](/source/Wraysbury_No_1_Gravel_Pit).{{cite web|url=http://www.wraysbury.net/conserv.htm|title=Conservation and Environment|first=Carl|last=Hughes|website=Wraysbury.net|access-date=19 November 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000381%27 |title=Magic Map Application |website=Magic.defra.gov.uk |access-date=2017-03-07}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271004168%27 |title=Magic Map Application |website=Magic.defra.gov.uk |access-date=2017-03-15}} The western part of the village, roughly between the river and the B376 road, is subject to frequent significant flooding, notably in January 2003, January 2014 and February 2014. In June, Wraysbury holds its annual fete, where stands such as the local vintage and classic car clubs show off their members' vehicles. There are also activities for children and the [tug-of-war](/source/tug-of-war) held by the [scouts](/source/scouts), beavers and cubs. There are also the stands of local charities, the local school, usually giving out ice creams, and of course the church's stands. Wraysbury [Cricket](/source/Cricket) Club plays on the [village green](/source/village_green) and played the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) in 2009. Former actor [Robert Rietti](/source/Robert_Rietti) had a home in Wraysbury, but after his wife died in August 2008, he sold the house in 2009. Former Wraysbury resident [Gordon Cullen](/source/Gordon_Cullen), an architect renowned for developing the [Townscape](/source/Townscape) movement in post-war [Britain](/source/United_Kingdom), designed the Wraysbury [Village Hall](/source/Village_Hall). It is one of only a few buildings he designed which were actually built. The main store in the village was Wraysbury Stores until its closure in May 2006. The building is [Victorian](/source/Victorian_architecture) and had been continuously occupied since the late 1800s. It was formerly a [post office](/source/post_office) before becoming a [general store](/source/general_store). Its neighbours include a garage and [fish and chip shop](/source/fish_and_chip_shop) and is opposite the Perseverance [pub](/source/pub). There are many shops located on the High Street, and there is also a park including a children's playground which is a popular spot for dog-walkers and kite-flyers. 1st Wraysbury [Scouts](/source/Scouts) Group is based on the [village green](/source/village_green). The village has two railway stations: [Wraysbury](/source/Wraysbury_railway_station) and [Sunnymeads](/source/Sunnymeads_railway_station), both on the [Staines to Windsor & Eton line](/source/Staines_to_Windsor_%26_Eton_line) from [Windsor](/source/Windsor_and_Eton_Riverside_railway_station) to [London Waterloo](/source/London_Waterloo_railway_station). ==Localities== ===Hythe End=== thumb|Hythe End Pumping Station Hythe End is the part of the village closest to [Staines](/source/Staines), largely a [linear development](/source/linear_development) on Staines Road, on the eastern bank of the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames) close to [Bell Weir Lock](/source/Bell_Weir_Lock), with a large minority of properties adjoining the riverside. Hythe End consists of several riverside homes, mainly on [the Island](/source/the_Island%2C_Hythe_End). [Gravel pit](/source/Gravel_pit)s to the north containing water and reeds make up a [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest). One of the major features of Hythe End is the river water extraction facility. This was built in 1910 by the [Metropolitan Water Board](/source/Metropolitan_Water_Board_(London)) to supply water from the River Thames to its works in [Ashford Common](/source/Ashford%2C_Surrey) via the Staines [Aqueduct](/source/Aqueduct_(water_supply)). This first feeds the [King George VI Reservoir](/source/King_George_VI_Reservoir) and continues eastwards, passing the [water treatment works](/source/water_treatment_works) at [Kempton Park](/source/Kempton_Park%2C_Surrey), to provide some of the supply of the [Kempton Park Reservoirs](/source/Kempton_Park_Reservoirs) and another water treatment works at [Hampton](/source/Hampton%2C_London). The [Buckinghamshire Way](/source/Buckinghamshire_Way) long-distance walking route begins in Hythe End, as the southernmost point of that county. ===Sunnymeads=== Sunnymeads is the linear western neighbourhood bordering the [River Thames](/source/River_Thames), and has its own railway station. Although long part of Wraysbury administratively, its almost uninterrupted narrow green belt that continues to render it a separate settlement. The station is unmanned with no inside waiting areas. Both during and after the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), Sunnymeads was a favourite destination for Londoners who would lease or acquire plots and build modest shacks on the river. Few of these original houses still exist as they have been demolished and more permanent, larger houses have been built in their place. Sunnymeads [Masonic Lodge](/source/Masonic_Lodge) – [King John](/source/John%2C_King_of_England)'s [hunting lodge](/source/Hunting_and_shooting_in_the_United_Kingdom) may only in name date to the time of the [Magna Carta](/source/Magna_Carta) – it is a restored late 14th-century building, dating to the reign of the first Tudor king, [Henry VII](/source/Henry_VII_of_England), which is [Grade II](/source/Grade_II_listed_building)* listed.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1135976 |desc=King John's Hunting Lodge |grade=II* |access-date=9 September 2014}} ===Friary Island=== [Friary Island](/source/Friary_Island) is a low-lying residential island about 400 metres long and 100 metres wide. It is accessed by two bridges over a narrow branch of the River [Thames](/source/Thames). ==Politics== At a [parish](/source/parish) level, the village is represented by eleven councillors of the Wraysbury Parish Council.{{cite web|url=http://wraysburyparishcouncil.gov.uk/councillors.php|title=Wraysbury Parish Council|website=Wraysburyparishcouncil.gov.uk|access-date=19 November 2018}} At the district level, the village is part of the Datchet, [Horton and Wraysbury](/source/Horton_and_Wraysbury) electoral ward and is currently represented by three councillors (David Buckley and Jodie Grove of [https://www.theboroughfirst.org/ The Borough First Independents] and Ewan Larcombe of the National Flood Prevention Party) in the [Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead](/source/Royal_Borough_of_Windsor_and_Maidenhead).{{Cite web|url=http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/members_ward_horton_wraysbury.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721064815/http://www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/members_ward_horton_wraysbury.htm|url-status=dead|title=Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead: Horton and Wraysbury Ward|archive-date=21 July 2011|access-date=16 April 2023}} Nationally, since 1997 the ward has formed part of the [UK Parliament](/source/UK_Parliament)ary constituency of [Windsor](/source/Windsor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and is currently represented by [Jack Rankin](/source/Jack_Rankin) of the Conservative Party.{{cite web |title=Windsor results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001588 |website=BBC News |access-date=10 July 2024}} Before 1997, the town was part of the constituency of [Windsor and Maidenhead](/source/Windsor_and_Maidenhead_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) which was consistently held by the Conservative Party. ==Notable residents== {{Unreferenced|section|date=July 2023}} * [David Gilmour](/source/David_Gilmour) – musician of the [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [rock band](/source/rock_band) [Pink Floyd](/source/Pink_Floyd) * [Gordon Cullen](/source/Gordon_Cullen) – architect (died 1994) * [Christine Keeler](/source/Christine_Keeler) – involved in the [Profumo affair](/source/Profumo_affair). * [Bunty Bailey](/source/Bunty_Bailey) – girl in the [rotoscoped](/source/Rotoscoping) music video "[Take On Me](/source/Take_On_Me)" by [A-ha](/source/A-ha); also the video for another a-ha song, "[The Sun Always Shines On T.V.](/source/The_Sun_Always_Shines_On_T.V.)", and also a past member of [Hot Gossip](/source/Hot_Gossip) * [Andy Ellison](/source/Andy_Ellison), singer in British rock bands [John's Children](/source/John's_Children), [Radio Stars](/source/Radio_Stars), [Jet](/source/Jet_(UK_band)) * [Beryl Reid](/source/Beryl_Reid), actress * [Sarah Harding](/source/Sarah_Harding), [Girls Aloud](/source/Girls_Aloud) singer * [Susan George](/source/Susan_George_(actress)), actress * [Boris Karloff](/source/Boris_Karloff), actor * [Gary Numan](/source/Gary_Numan), musician * [Louise Cordet](/source/Louise_Cordet), pop singer ==Freedom of the Parish== The following people and military units have received the [Freedom of the Parish](/source/Freedom_of_the_City) of Wraysbury. ===Individuals=== * Ernest John Sleep{{Cite web|url=https://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/19112280.family-tribute-wraysbury-world-war-two-veteran-just-turned-100/|title='The World has lost another great' - family tribute to WW2 veteran who passed away after 100th birthday|website=Royal Borough Observer|date=24 February 2021 |access-date=16 April 2023}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Windsor and Maidenhead}} {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Berkshire Category:Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Category:Populated places on the River Thames Category:Civil parishes in Berkshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Wraysbury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraysbury) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wraysbury?action=history)). 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