Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Slough history online

What was Slough like 1years ago? The first edition of the Slough Observer went on sale on the 6th of It was printed by Charles Luff on his fathers printing works in Buckingham Gardens. The collection primarily concerns the Borough of Slough , . Some of these images have been added or index on Slough History Online. Britwell was the 14th such estate to be built by .

He was an important figure in .

The Evening Mail was published five times .

For the first time you can see chapters from her book online. There were several technological innovations in Slough during this time, and one of the most significant was the introduction of gas lighting. Berkshire Record Office also runs New Landscapes - Enclosure in Berkshire which provides online access to details of the eighteenth and nineteenth century enclosure of public land and awards to local land owners.


One of the most famous innovations related to the Trading Estate was the Slough Community Centre on Farnham Roa which was the first of its kind in the . The earliest known industry, apart from agriculture and its ancillary crafts, such as milling, wheelwrighting, and smithery, was that of brick-making which, as we . The name at that time was written Slo. Men of fighting age were called up to serve in the armed forces all over the worl while some were closer to . Slough was seriously affected by World War Two. Montem Moun Bath Roa Slough. In time, a Polish-speaking Roman Catholic parish was established with its own church building. A new wave of Polish migration to Slough has followed since Poland became part of the European Union.


During this time , MPs included Lord Curzon, who went on to . His father, James Elliman Senior, founded the company which . The two most dangerous places on the Bath Road - Hounslow . Wexham has some ancient buildings, such as the 12th century church of St Mary and the 16th century Wexham Court, but nowadays is usually associated with . Or do you have some old or new photos of Slough that people would like to see? It was the first planet to be discovered that could not be seen . As with most of outer Slough, Upton Court Park appears to have been farmland. Previous names include Upton Meadow or Lot Meadow and the Long Field or . This was the first locomotive journey of any . Lydia Simmons was born in Monserrat, a tiny island in the West Indies.

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