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Twyford is a village and civil parish in the English Royal county of Berkshire with a population of around 7,000 people. It is situated, at , in the heart of the Thames Valley on the A4 between Reading and Maidenhead, close to Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham. [edit] History
The town's name is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and means double ford. It is a common name in England. Twyford did, as the name suggests, have two fords, on the Old Bath Road to the west of the centre. Both are now bridged. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, spent the final years of his life in Ruscombe Fields, a property close to Twyford, and is remembered by a residential street named 'Pennfields'. Twyford was primarily an agriculturally based settlement until the coming of the railway in 1838 placed it on the main line to the west and subsequently made it a junction for the Henley Branch Line. However, its position on the Bath Road had always brought activity which was centred on the King's Arms, an important coaching inn. The opening of a by-pass in 1929 finally ended the east-west flow of main road traffic through the centre, but Twyford is still on a busy north-south route from Wokingham in the south to Henley in the north. The greatest expansion, however, has taken place since the Second World War, particularly in the last 50 years, with the construction of several estates to the north and south of the village. The population at the 2001 census was 6216, but Twyford is still affectionately known by the residents as a village. [edit] Research Tips
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