Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles (5 km) north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End. Cookham forms the southernmost and most rural part of the High Wycombe urban area. With adjoining Cookham Rise and Cookham Dean, it had a combined population of 5,779 at the 2011 Census. In 2011, The Daily Telegraph deemed Cookham Britain's second richest village.
Holy Trinity parish church
A Bronze Age palstave axehead, found in Cookham and dated to c. 3500 – c. 1500 BCE
A sestertius of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, found in Cookham and dated to c. 210 – c. 213
Print of Fred Walker's (1840-1875), Our Village (Cookham), exhibited at the Water-colour Society's Exhibition, London, in 1873
Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. In the 2021 Census, it had an estimated population of 70,374 and forms part of the border with southern Buckinghamshire. The town is situated 27 miles (43 km) west of Charing Cross, London and 13 miles (21 km) east-northeast of the county town of Reading. The town differs from the Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead, which includes a number of outer suburbs and villages, including villages which form part of the Borough of Wokingham such as Twyford, Charvil, Remenham, Ruscombe and Wargrave.
Image: Maidenhead Town Hall
Image: St Mary's Church, Maidenhead, Jan 2018
Image: Maidenhead Bridge on the boundary walk by Maidenhead in Pictures
Image: Maidenhead Mosque geograph.org.uk 3607593