This little village, just about 2 miles south of Maidenhead town centre, has a few claims to fame of its own.

The name "Holyport" is from the Old English "horig" + "port", meaning 'muddy or dirty market-town'. The first element had become 'holy' by the end of the 14th century.

It has one of the world's few "real tennis" courts (Royal County of Berkshire Real Tennis Club).
It was also the home of the prestigious stables of Horace Smith, later known as Smith's Stables, where Queen Elizabeth II rode with her sister Princess Margaret in their younger years.

Monty Python filmed a Maypole dance-related sketch on the green, the film "Happy is the Bride" was shot here and in Bray, and Joan Collins filmed an advertisement in Holyport some years back. The movie "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing" was partly filmed in Holyport. A scene from the 1995 Mr Bean episode, entitled 'Tee off Mr Bean', was filmed on Holyport Green.

Holyport was the final residence of veteran BBC TV presenter Frank Bough until his death in 2020, and for many years the former actor Tom Adams, who died in 2014, was spotted frequently in the village pubs. Stirling Moss, the famous racing driver, lived in the village, and was a member of the Bray and Holyport Scout Group.

For one Saturday in June every year the Village Green is transformed for the "Holyport Village Fair", a true English village fair for the whole family. This fair has been running since 1946 and draws large crowds from the surrounding area.

From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holyport

Andrew Hawkes

June 30, 2023

Nice little village with a pub dating back to the 16th century

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