SLOUGH
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 244
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
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
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
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
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
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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