Slough, England

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Slough is a town in England

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Slough within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Slough in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Slough, market town with ry. sta., Upton cum Chalvey and Stoke Poges pars., Bucks, 2m. NE. of Windsor and 18½ W. of London by rail, 401 ac., pop. 5095; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday. Slough is considered to be a very healthy place, and has grown rapidly since the beginning of the railway period, when it was a mere village. At Slough Sir William Herschel, the astronomer, erected his large telescope, and made most of his discoveries.

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