If you are looking for material about Slough’s history and heritage, try these weblinks to useful organisations.
278/286 High Street, Slough, SL1 1EA http://www.sloughmuseum.co.uk/
Situated at the end of Slough High Street, Slough Museum is open Wednesday to Saturday 11.30-4pm and is FREE. The museum began collecting in 1986 and now has over 10,000 objects and photographs chronicling the development of Slough town and borough and the people who live, work and enjoy life in Slough.
There’s plenty to do from exhibition trails, handling objects, activity packs and desks to local history books and a computerised collections catalogue. Historical enquiry service and research appointments are available as well as a book shop and local information point. If you think you’ve seen and tried everything remember to visit us again on one of our activity days or to see one of our special exhibitions.
County Hall, Aylesbury HP20 1UU http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/archives
The archives for the historical county of Buckinghamshire, which included Slough until 1974. Records include the County Council's own archive, commencing in 1678, and a wide variety of documents deposited by local authorities, businesses, charities, churches and families, both famous and little-known. The oldest document dates from around 1200 but the most recent is less than a year old.
9 Coley Avenue, Reading RG1 6AF http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/
BRO is the archives for the Royal County, and is based in Reading. It holds unique material in special environmental conditions, including the archive of Slough Borough Council from 1863, and is staffed by specialists who can assist you on your journey into the past. Visit BRO to handle original documents, reveal lost landscapes or piece together your family tree.
Berkshire Record Office also runs http://www.berkshireenclosure.org.uk/ which provides online access to details of the eighteenth and nineteenth century enclosure of public land and awards to local land owners. The site shows images of maps and other records relating to the Central Slough parishes, together with the other parishes in the current and ancient Royal County of Berkshire.
Central Library, Abbey Square, Reading RG1 3BQ http://www.berkshirearchaeology.org.uk/
Berkshire Archaeology is an archaeological advice service for five unitary authorities - Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, Reading, Bracknell Forest and Wokingham. It was established in 2004 and is part of Reading Borough Council’s Cultural Services.
It offers a range of services including, management of the Berkshire Sites and Monuments Record, advice on archaeology within the planning system, site management and conservation & public events and activities.
http://www.artsinslough.org.uk/
We can provide support to people who would like to run projects or activities involving the arts and heritage in Slough. We run an annual training course on planning and running arts projects and can also provide one-to-one support in areas such as fundraising. We also have facilities to market local projects and heritage resources through the artsinfo newsletter and http://www.artsinslough.org.uk/ which has a virtual pinboard where people can register their own activities.
Professionals from organisation above, together with representatives from Slough Borough Council's Parks and Planning departments, have come together to form the Slough Heritage Forum.
The aims of the forum are set out in the Slough Heritage Strategy. The forum has also produced a Survey of Slough's Heritage.
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