Taplow is a village and civil parish
within South
Bucks
district in Buckinghamshire, England
.
It sits on
the east bank of the River Thames
facing Maidenhead
on the opposite bank. Taplow railway
station
is situated near the A4 south of the village.
The village name is
Anglo Saxon
in origin, and means 'Tæppa's hill'; the Anglo-Saxon burial mound
of Taeppa can still be visited. It was recorded in the
Domesday Book of 1086 as
Thapeslau.
Taplow Court
nearby is also the site of an early Iron Age hill fort.
William Grenfell,
1st Baron Desborough lived at Taplow Court
Nearby is
Cliveden
, former home
of Nancy
Astor.
Demography
| Taplow compared |
| 2001 UK Census |
Taplow ward |
South Bucks borough |
England |
| Population |
1,584 |
61,945 |
49,138,831 |
| Foreign born |
14.9% |
12.2% |
9.2% |
| White |
96.1% |
93.4% |
90.9% |
| Asian |
2.3% |
4.5% |
4.6% |
| Black |
0.0% |
0.4% |
2.3% |
| Christian |
73.4% |
75.6% |
71.7% |
| Muslim |
0.4% |
1.1% |
3.1% |
| Hindu |
0.8% |
1.2% |
1.1% |
| No religion |
17.1% |
12.5% |
14.6% |
| Unemployed |
1.3% |
1.9% |
3.3% |
| Retired |
12.7% |
14.8% |
13.5% |
As of the 2001 UK census, the Taplow
electoral ward had a population of 1,584. The
ethnicity was 96.1% white, 1% mixed race, 2.3% Asian, 0% black and
0.6% other. The place of birth of residents was 85.1% United
Kingdom, 1% Republic of Ireland, 4.6% other Western European
countries, and 9.3% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 73.4%
Christian, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.8% Hindu, 0.8% Sikh, 0.3% Jewish, and
0.4% Muslim. 17.1% were recorded as having no religion, 0% had an
alternative religion and 6.4% did not state their religion.
The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 46.8% in
full-time employment, 8.7% in part-time employment, 16.7%
self-employed, 1.3% unemployed, 0.9% students with jobs, 2.5%
students without jobs, 12.7% retired, 6.2% looking after home or
family, 1.7% permanently sick or disabled and 2.7% economically
inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents
was 12.3% retail, 11.8% manufacturing, 4.5% construction, 24.6%
real estate, 7.8% health and social work, 5.7% education, 9.1%
transport and communications, 2.7% public administration, 6.7%
hotels and restaurants, 2.7% finance, 3% agriculture and 9.1%
other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively
high proportion of workers in agriculture and real estate.
According to
Office for
National Statistics estimates, during the period of April 2001
to March 2002 the average gross weekly income of households was
£840, compared with an average of £660 in
South East England. Of the ward's
residents aged 16–74, 37.2% had a
higher education qualification or the
equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide.
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