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Cippenham
Cippenham is a suburb of Slough. Close by are the neighbouring towns and villages of Beaconsfield, Farnham Common, Burnham, Gerrards Cross, Stoke Poges, Windsor and Taplow. Originally part of the parish of Burnham in the county of Buckinghamshire, England, Cippenham was transferred to Slough in 1930, and therefore transferred to Berkshire in 1974. Slough became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, when Berkshire County Council and the 1973–1998 Borough were abolished. Toponymy The name Cippenham derives from the Old English ''Cippan-ham'', meaning ''Cippa's homestead''. History King Henry III had a palace here, marked on modern maps as " Cippenham Moat" and very close to the M4 motorway. Cippenham Green was where villagers grazed their cows, until the end of the 19th century, and is the only ancient village green left within Slough's boundaries. A 1925 document (Parishes: Burnham with Lower Boveney, a History of the County of Buckingham: Vol 3 (1925) pp 165–184) ...
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Cippenham Moat
Cippenham is a suburb of Slough. Close by are the neighbouring towns and villages of Beaconsfield, Farnham Common, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, Burnham, Gerrards Cross, Stoke Poges, Windsor, Berkshire, Windsor and Taplow. Originally part of the parish of Burnham in the county of Buckinghamshire, England, Cippenham was transferred to Slough in 1930, and therefore List of Buckinghamshire boundary changes, transferred to Berkshire in 1974. Borough of Slough, Slough became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998, when Berkshire County Council and the 1973–1998 Borough were abolished. Toponymy The name Cippenham derives from the Old English ''Cippan-ham'', meaning ''Cippa's homestead''. History King Henry III of England, Henry III had a palace here, marked on modern maps as "Cippenham Moat" and very close to the M4 motorway. Cippenham Green was where villagers grazed their cows, until the end of the 19th century, and is the only ancient village green left within Slough's boundari ...
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