Slough

SLOUGH, a village, partly in the parish of Stoke-Poges, and partly in that of Upton, union of Eton, hundred of Stoke, county of Buckingham, 21 miles (W.) from London; containing 1189 inhabitants. A cattle-market is held on Tuesday. Here is a station of the Great Western railway, much frequented by visiters to Windsor Palace and Eton College: a handsome hotel has been erected. Sir William Herschell, the astronomer, resided at this place, where he constructed his powerful telescope.