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Map of the Borough of Swindon and major settlements. The borough encompasses the Swindon urban area and surrounding countryside to the north, east and south, including the town of Highworth. It comprises the former Swindon Municipal Borough and a further 18 civil parishes: [10] [11] Bishopstone (with Hinton Parva) Blunsdon; Castle Eaton ...
Eventually covering 320 acres (1.3 km 2), it became the focal point for the creation of New Swindon and the influx of over 10,000 new residents in the next 50 years. "The period was the phenomenal growth of the GWR Works in Swindon where the GWR management concentrated, to a far greater degree than any other reailway company – most of their ...
The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the 1086 Domesday Book as Suindune, [2] believed to be derived from the Old English words "swine" and "dun" meaning "pig hill" or possibly Sweyn's hill, Sweyn being a Scandinavian name akin to Sven and English swain, meaning a young man.
Swindon Borough Council must find £31m in savings in order to balance next year’s budget. Council officers have already identified £12m in cuts, but still face a financial hole of about £19m.
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It was founded in 1974 as Thamesdown Borough Council , and was a lower-tier district council until 1997.
In the period 1951–1981, Swindon's population grew by 70 percent, [3] "some 58 per cent higher than the national average over the same period". [1] In the 1980s, Swindon became the fastest growing town in Europe. [1] Murray John died in 1974 and is honoured in the name of the David Murray John Tower in the centre of Swindon.
Part of West Swindon, a council estate built 1980–84. Walcot East; Built from 1956. Walcot West (Old Walcot) Built from the mid-1930s. Westmead; Westlea; The West Swindon shopping centre, the first out of town, has a supermarket and other small shops; later the Link Centre, a leisure centre with an ice rink and swimming pool, was added. West ...
Articles relating to the town of Swindon, Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. For articles on the wider district of Swindon, see Category:Borough of Swindon Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swindon .