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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 244 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SLOUGH , a See also:

market See also:town in the See also:Wycombe See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 18 m. W. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19o1), 11,453. It lies in the See also:flat valley of the See also:Thames, nearly 2 M. from the See also:river at See also:Eton and See also:Windsor, and is wholly See also:modern in See also:appearance. The See also:chief public See also:building is the See also:Leopold See also:Institute and Public See also:Hall (1887), a memorial of See also:Prince Leopold, See also:Duke of See also:Albany. The See also:British See also:Orphan See also:Asylum is also in the town. The See also:parish See also:church of Upton-cum-Chalvey, St Laurence, has a See also:Norman See also:doorway and other portions of the same See also:period. It is the See also:burial-See also:place of See also:Sir See also:William See also:Herschel, who lived in the vicinity, set up his great See also:telescope here, and made many of his astronomical discoveries.

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