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- An open field was left at the centre, lined with trees, which served as a ‘promenade’ until 1854 when it was built upon. The village was complete by 1842, with St Mark’s Church and a school built nearby by 1845.
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The village was complete by 1842, with St Mark’s Church and a school built nearby by 1845. Families lived crowded together in tiny houses, with an average of 7 (and as many as 12) people housed in each, sometimes including lodgers!
Swindon Works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal west England maintenance centre until closed in 1986. History. In 1835, Parliament approved the construction of the Great Western Main Line between London and Bristol by the Great Western Railway (GWR).
The Railway Village is an iconic part of Swindon’s heritage, considered to be the best preserved railway village in the UK. Its layout was planned by Isambard Brunel with terraced streets...
Feb 15, 2024 · These cottages in Swindon’s Railway Village were built between 1846 and 1847 for workers employed at the nearby Great Western Railway Works. The rear of workers’ cottages, Oxford Street, Swindon. © Historic England Archive.
Aug 2, 2023 · As a result, the GWR built the ‘Railway Village’ – an estate of 300 houses – for its workforce in the lowland area of New Swindon, near the canals. The terraced rows of stone cottages were partly designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and were built by the company J & C Rigby of London, who were also constructing Swindon Station.
Jun 18, 2015 · It was built by Rigbys in 1842-3 as part of the deal that saw the firm develop the cottages in the Railway Village. Read the National Heritage List entry for The Queens Tap . The...
Jun 7, 2019 · 7 June 2019. BBC. The Railway Village was built by Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel for railwaymen in the 1840s. An historic but neglected part of Swindon is to be regenerated in...
