A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Swindon.-- market town and par. (ry. stations Swindon Town and Swindon Junction), Wilts, 10½ miles N. of Marlborough and 77 miles W. of London by rail - par., 3136 ac., pop. 19,904; town, pop. 22,374; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-day, Monday. The town consists of the two local government districts of Old Swindon (wholly in Swindon par.), pop. 4696; and New Swindon (partly also in Rodborne Cheney and Stratton St Margaret pars.), pop. 17,678; P.O., T.O. Old Swindon, known at Domesday as Svindune, is a picturesque old place, with town hall, corn exchange, and assembly rooms. New Swindon originated in the removal hither, in 1841, of the locomotive department of the Great Western Ry. from Wootton Bassett; it has a public park, and public buildings have recently been erected for the accommodation of the mechanics institute, the libraries, the theatre, &c.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Swindon CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Swindon |
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