Wexham

Wexham was a village in, and is now a suburb of, the unitary authority of Slough in the county of Berkshire in the south of England. Before becoming part of Slough, Wexham was the smallest parish in the Hundred of Stoke, covering only 748 acres (3 km²). Prior to the boundary changes of 1974, Wexham was situated in Buckinghamshire

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The village has a 12th century church and the 16th century Wexham Court.

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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...