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Swindon (/ ˈ s w ɪ n d ən / ⓘ) is a town in Wiltshire, England. At the time of the 2021 Census the population of the built-up area was 183,638, making it the largest settlement in the county. Located in South West England, Swindon lies on the M4 corridor, 71 miles (114km) to the west of London and 36 miles (57 km) to the east of Bristol.
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Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, United Kingdom.....
- Borough of Swindon
The first borough of Swindon was a municipal borough,...
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york .gov .uk. The City of York, officially simply "York", [6] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. [7] The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe ...
History of Swindon. Swindon is a town in Wiltshire in the South West of England. People have lived in the town since the Bronze Age and the town's location, being approximately halfway between Bristol and London, made it an ideal location for the Locomotive Factories of the Great Western Railway in the 19th century.
As we delve into the history of Old Town, it is possible to make links with former residents and buildings. With the construction of The Locarno / Corn Exchange as one such example. The Locarno was commissioned in 1852 in response to a decision to build a Market Hall in Old Swindon in 1848. Built as a public room the building could accommodate ...
Coordinates: 53°57′35″N 1°05′52″W. The National Railway Museum ( NRM) is a museum in York, England, forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society.
Mar 14, 2021 · In 1952 Swindon was designated an overspill town and about 14,000 people moved to the town from London between then and the mid-1960s. There were also many ‘immigrants’ from other areas. Swindon expanded rapidly and new estates, both council and private were built. In the 1950s a council estate was built north of the town at Penhill.
The history of York, England, as a city dates to the beginning of the first millennium AD but archaeological evidence for the presence of people in the region of York dates back much further to between 8000 and 7000 BC. As York was a town in Roman times, its Celtic name is recorded in Roman sources (as Eboracum and Eburacum ); after 400, Angles ...
