Taplow

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.

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.