This section of the site is provided in partnership with The Swindon Society and The Richard Jefferies Society. It enables you to see how the surrounding area used to look and learn more about your town. We are adding value by providing a current photograph taken as far as possible from the same position. The project involves a fair bit of detective work, so if you can add or correct information, please get in touch. This is your site, so if you would like to get involved in extending this project, please let us know.
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| GWR, Locomotive, 'Aberdare' class |
Locomotive No. 2652 one of the 'Aberdare' class these were built to haul coal trains from South Wales. Note no date is given so we estimated one |
June 1, 1890 |
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| Marlborough Road, The Sun Inn at Coate, 1890 |
Rebuilt in 1936-7. |
June 1, 1890 |
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| Coate Road, the Polo Field, The Great Blondin, 1890 |
The Polo Field, The Great Blondin famous acrobat and tight-rope walker performs c 1890. |
June 1, 1890 |
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| Albert Street, premises of Edward King 1890 |
Albert Street, premises of Edward King, cycle maker, on the corner with Wood Street. 1890 |
July 1, 1890 |
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| Emlyn Square The Octagonal Market 1890 |
Provisions were hard to obtain in the New Swindon settlement, involving a muddy trek over more than a mile up tracks to Old Town, so one of the first ventures of the Mechanics Institute was to construct a produce market on the South side of its building. As sources of supply improved elsewhere in the town, this was eventually removed in 1890 to allow expansion of the building |
July 1, 1890 |
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