The name was first recorded in 1195 as Slo. It first seems to have applied to a hamlet between Upton to the east and Chalveyto the west, roughly around the "Crown Crossroads" where the road to Windsor (now the A332)

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Slough is 20 miles (32 km) west of Charing Cross, central London, 2 miles (3 km) north of Windsor, 5 miles (8 km) east of Maidenhead,

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During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many unemployed Welsh people who walked up the Great West Road looking for employment settled in Slough.
According to the

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Before the 19th century, the main businesses of Slough were brickfields and agriculture. The bricks for the building of Eton Collegewere made in Slough. Later, as the Great West Road

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Road transport
Slough is near London, Heathrow Airport, Uxbridge, Maidenhead and Staines and the town is a travel hub. Many

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Slough has a senior non-League football team, Slough Town F.C., who currently play in the National League South. Slough also host the ice hockey team, the Slough Jets. They play in NIHL south 1 division.
Reading F.C. Womens and Republic of Ireland Womens

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Boundaries
In 1863, Slough became a local government area when a Slough Local Board of Health was elected to represent what is now the central

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