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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Swindon Growth of the town SWINDON Growth of the Town, p. 106. Manors and Other Estates, … p. 151. Education, p. 159. Charities, p. 166. Swindon, the largest town in Wiltshire, lies near the … 2 and need only be summarized here. The site of Old Swindon, the ancient centre of the parish, is at the eastern …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Swindon Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT … that during the 13th century one of the medieval lords of Swindon may have deliberately encouraged urban growth there … to the manorial court. The manors of East and West Swindon were also represented by tithingmen at the Goddards' …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Swindon Manors and other estates Manors and Other Estates. There were five holdings at Swindon in 1086, amounting to 21 hides; the assessment of … holding at Walcot at 3 hides 1 makes it seem likely that Swindon was a 25-hide estate divided between a number of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Swindon Social life SOCIAL LIFE. No evidence exists on which to base an account of the social life of Swindon before the arrival of the railway. Record of two … town. 2 The last bull-baiting was, however, in c. 1810. 3 Swindon, according to Morris, was renowned for its …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… St in 1828 and 135 Snowhill in 1830. [D] Taylor, Joseph, 7 Swindon Pl., Cheltenham, Glos., cm and u (1830). [D] Taylor, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… is possible for new municipal boroughs to be created, and Swindon was granted a charter of incorporation in 1899. No … of Westrop included 125 persons in the Highworth and Swindon Union Workhouse. Hindon. Decrease attributed to … Sutton Veny. 7 persons had emigrated since 31 Dec. 1840. Swindon. Included 507 labourers employed on the Gt. Western …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… see sale particulars of 1949 in National Monuments Record, Swindon, file SA01004. Rot. Hund. I, 176. Inq. p.m. Glos. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… After the opening of the Great Western railway line from Swindon to Gloucester, Tetbury was served from a station on …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Suindune. William de Horsya did homage for his land of 'Swindon' to William Avenell, c. 1220 ( Som. Arch. Proc. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… ed. W. P. Phillimore, (priv. print. London, 1905), i. 107. Swindon Advertiser, 21 Feb. 1891; Wilts. Cuttings, xi. 93. F. …