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.
| Title | Description |
Date |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Avening Street Gorse Hill 1890 |
Avening Street Gorse Hill 1890 |
July 1, 1890 |
|
| GWR, Swindon, 1890 |
A view of the Running Shed the picture is looking north and shows the running sheds to the right and stock sheds to the left. Notice that sme broad gauge track is still present. |
July 1, 1890 |
|
| GWR, last Broad Gauge Train |
GWR Swindon Junction Station, spectators watch one of the last broad gauge trains pass, at the end of Brunels great experiment. Most other rolling stock has been either scrapped or converted. May 1892 |
May 1, 1892 |
|
| Mechanics Institute, Medical Fund HQ, under construction |
The Medical Fund Headquarters in Milton Road under construction, the girders for the roof were made at the Works. |
June 1, 1892 |
|
| Mechanics Institute, Medical Fund HQ Opening |
The Medical Fund Headquarters opening, the building housed the offices, medical consulting rooms and swimming baths. |
June 1, 1892 |
|
Other Recently Added Videos
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Swindon News
- A year on from the Olympic flame's visit to Swindon
- Michael Jackson's former bodyguard meets tribute artist
- Crunch meeting to protect arts centre
- Crunch meeting to protect arts centre
- Scarlet’s got a real spring in her step
- Scarlet’s got a real spring in her step
- Scarlet’s got a real spring in her step
- Scarlet’s got a real spring in her step
- £150m contract to take care of county’s roads
- Plan for former pub site at last
- They’ve shed the weight, now slimmers shed old clothes
- Cup success for choir
- Swindon...the final frontier
- Deputy Mayor Nick takes over from Mayor Mick
- Bath's Hipkiss announces retirement
- Man charged over Devizes bomb hoax
- Man charged over Devizes bomb hoax
- Pupils curry favour
- Pupils curry favour
- Man had 1,199 images of child abuse













