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Swindon is a town in Wiltshire in the South West of England. People have lived in the town since the Bronze Age and the town's location, being approximately halfway between Bristol and London, made it an ideal location for the Locomotive Factories of the Great Western Railway in the 19th century.
Swindon (/ ˈ s w ɪ n d ən / ⓘ) is a town in Wiltshire, England.At the time of the 2021 Census the population of the built-up area was 183,638, making it the largest settlement in the county. [1]
Billy Bodin – footballer, born in Swindon; Mark A. Brennan – Canadian landscape painter, born in Swindon, 1968; Jazz Carlin – swimmer, World Champion in 400m and 800m freestyle; Lucy Cohu – actress, born in Swindon, 1968; Julian Clary – comedian, formerly a resident of Rodbourne, but not born in Swindon. His family still lives in the ...
The Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Service cares for and gives access to the archival heritage of the county and borough. It was established in 1947 and now holds over seven miles of archives, representing over 3,000 organisations and millions of individuals and their history, stretching back to Norman times.
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The Historic England Archive building in Swindon. The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.
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