Editing Britwell (section)

==History==
[[File:Wentworth Avenue, Britwell - geograph.org.uk - 162775.jpg|thumb|Shops and flats at the run-down heart of the Britwell estate in 2006. The buildings have since been demolished and replaced by low-rise housing.]]
The place now known as the Britwell Estate was originally farm land. Modern-day Britwell, which has the well-defined geographic boundaries of Farnham Lane (in the north), Lower Britwell Road and Haymill Road (to the west), Whittaker Road and Northborough Road (south) and Long Readings Lane (east), was created as a large [[overspill estate|overspill]] housing estate for [[London overspill|bombed-out Londoners]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} at the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. Britwell was one of a number of [[London County Council]] estates built at the time, with other estates in places including [[Langley, Slough|Langley]] and [[Swindon]]. The first of 11,000 tenants arrived in August 1956 and were delighted with the "roomy and modern" houses, complete with large swivel windows – "a boon to housewives".{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} There was a dearth of amenities at first, but after the founding of the community association in 1959, the estate finally got a bus service into Slough, and a community centre in 1966.

When the Britwell Estate was created, its postal address was [[Farnham Royal]], near Slough. The local authority at the time was [[Eton Rural District|Eton Rural District Council]] in the county of [[Buckinghamshire]].

In 1965, the London County Council was one of a number of authorities replaced by the [[Greater London Council]] (GLC). When the GLC was in turn abolished in 1986, the social housing on Britwell was transferred to Slough Borough Council. Mortgages issued by the GLC authority were transferred to the [[Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames]].