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|text='''Slough''' is a town in the south of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is a modern industrial town, ruthlessly developed since the early twentieth century, a development which has never stopped. | |text='''Slough''' is a town in the south of [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is a modern industrial town, ruthlessly developed since the early twentieth century, a development which has never stopped. | ||
| − | Slough began as a small village in the Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey but developed from the Slough Trading Estate, the largest trading estate in Britain and Europe; this and the town's extensive transport links make it an important business centre. Just outside Slough though the Buckinghamshire countryside is amongst the county's best; the poetic scorn of Slough by John Betjeman is counterbalanced by John Gray in ''Elegy'' in nearby Stoke | + | Slough began as a small village in the Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey but developed from the Slough Trading Estate, the largest trading estate in Britain and Europe; this and the town's extensive transport links make it an important business centre. Just outside Slough though the Buckinghamshire countryside is amongst the county's best; the poetic scorn of Slough by John Betjeman is counterbalanced by John Gray in his ''Elegy'' in nearby Stoke Poges.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:51, 9 May 2021
SloughSlough is a town in the south of Buckinghamshire. It is a modern industrial town, ruthlessly developed since the early twentieth century, a development which has never stopped. Slough began as a small village in the Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey but developed from the Slough Trading Estate, the largest trading estate in Britain and Europe; this and the town's extensive transport links make it an important business centre. Just outside Slough though the Buckinghamshire countryside is amongst the county's best; the poetic scorn of Slough by John Betjeman is counterbalanced by John Gray in his Elegy in nearby Stoke Poges. (Read more) |
