Cippenham

Cippenham is a suburb of the unitary authority of Slough in the county of Berkshire, England. Before the 1974 boundary changes, Cippenham was originally in Buckinghamshire.

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King Henry III had a palace here. The spot is still marked on modern maps as "Cippenham Moat" and is very close to the M4 motorway.

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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.

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Unitary authority: A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single-tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. This is opposed to a two-tier system where local government functions are divided between different authorities....

Slough: :For slough (In the UK, pronounced ; In the U.S., pronounced ) as a type of aquatic feature, see Slough (wetland)....

County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...