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Speen (Roman Spinae) is a village on the main Cirencester to Silchester Roman road. Near to Newbury in Berkshire, it was the eponymous home of the Speenhamland system of outdoor relief .

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SpeenhamlandSpeenhamland was an English system of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty during the early 19th century. It is named after the hamlet of Speen near Newbury in Berkshire, where, in 1795, the authorities approved a means-tested sliding-scale o	Speen, BerkshireSpeen (Roman Spinae is a village on the main Cirencester to Silchester Roman road. Near to Newbury in Berkshire, it was the eponymous home of the Speenhamland system of outdoor relief. Villages in Berkshire.	Speen, BuckinghamshireSpeen is a hamlet in the parish of Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about three miles south east of the main town. The hamlet name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'wood chips'. This refers to the lo
SpeenSpeen is the name of more than one place. In the United Kingdom: Speen, Buckinghamshire Speen, West Berkshire.