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The Old Town Hall, also known as The Locarno or Locarno Ballroom, [1] is a former municipal building of 1854 in the High Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building . [ 2 ]
By 1890, the New Swindon Local Board had plans to build their new public offices in what is now Regent Circus. [2] This location, halfway between the new Railway Village and the Old Town, was thought by some to be "both psychologically and strategically an excellent position for the new town to establish a landmark building". [3]
In 1900, the original market town, Old Swindon, merged with its new neighbour at the bottom of the hill to become a single town. [ 19 ] On 1 July 1923, the GWR took over the largely single-track M&SWJR and the line northwards from Swindon Town was diverted to Swindon Junction station, leaving the Town station with only the line south to Andover ...
The 30s also saw more motor cars in private hands, with the town's purpose-built car park erected behind the Town Hall. Between 1934 and 1935, expansion began again in the Old Town area, with houses built along the Marlborough Road, for sale at £730 each, and also the new terraced housing estate in Walcot, where a house would cost £450. [16]
Christ Church is a Grade II* listed church in Cricklade Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It was built in 1851 to a design by George Gilbert Scott. [1] Christ Church, 1885. The church is one of two major buildings in Old Town, the other being the old town hall, a few minutes walk away.
Grade II listed buildings in the English county of Wiltshire, including the Borough of Swindon. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
In 1849, Old Swindon petitioned unsuccessfully to be given a Local Board under the Public Health Act 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 63), but the town remained a civil parish for a further fifteen years. In 1864, following the possibility of Swindon and Highworth being merged, the Local Government Act 1858 was applied to both New and Old Swindon, with ...
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