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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.
GBGB Logo. Registered racing in Great Britain is regulated by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), formerly the NGRC, and has been UKAS accredited since 2010. [12] All in the registered sector are subject to the GBGB Rules of Racing [13] and the Directions of the Stewards, who set the standards for greyhound welfare and racing integrity, from racecourse facilities and trainers' kennels ...
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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.
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The two parishes were united in 1981 [21] and following the 1989 building of a church in the Swindon suburb of Shaw, the parish was renamed West Swindon and the Lydiards in 1996. [5] Further reorganisation in 2017 separated the Lydiards and created the benefice of North West Swindon and Lydiard Millicent [22] where All Saints' is the sole church.