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New Swindon, 1847

2007-02-20T08:55:13Z

Lithograph of New Swindon in 1847 with broad gauge locomotive, Fire Brand, in foreground.

Swindon Works can be seen to the right on the image, with the Railway Village to the left.

Faringdon Road cottages - present day

2007-04-16T13:55:29Z

This row of cottages was built in 1846. The cottage in the foreground is No. 34 - now the Railway Village Museum.

No 34 Faringdon Road - present day

2007-04-16T13:55:34Z

No 34 Faringdon Road was built in 1846 and is now the Railway Village Museum

Back ally of Faringdon Road cottages - present day

2007-04-16T14:03:02Z

This row of cottages was built in 1846. The cottage in the foreground is No. 34 - now the Railway Village Museum.

Back yard of No 34 Faringdon Road - present day

2007-04-16T14:03:29Z

No 34 was built in 1846 and is now the Railway Village Museum

W J Knee, Newsagent - Emlyn Square 1929

2007-04-16T14:27:13Z

W J Knee the Newsagent was located at the corner of Emlyn Square and London Street

Managers Houses (l-r, Marlow House and Station House) c1910

2007-04-16T15:21:24Z

These manager's residences or villas were built to the north of Swindon Station. Similar houses had once stood adjacent to the Railway Village but were demolished in the 1870s.

New Swindon, c1860

2007-07-10T11:48:27Z

This early view of Swindon looking north shows the Works and the Railway Village in their infancy. St Marks Church can clearly be seen just behind the newly laid out park. The Wilts and Berks Canal can be seen in the foreground running through the field at the back of the cottages in the Village.

GWR Park, c1890s

2007-08-15T15:04:20Z

This images shows the formal gardens, park-keepers lodge and greenhouses.

Church Place, 1927

2007-08-15T15:04:26Z

This house belonged to C B Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer at Swindon. He was a very private man, hence the high privet hedge surrounding the cottage.

Swindon Engineering Society offices in Emlyn Square, 1929

2007-08-15T15:22:00Z

The offices were on the corner of Emlyn Square and Oxford Street.

W J Knees the newsagent can be seen to the left of the image.

Swindon Works and Railway Village by Edward Snell. 1849.

2008-01-14T14:14:01Z

An early watercolour painting of New Swindon by Edward Snell. Snell was head draughtsman at Swindon Works, later becoming assistant to Works Manager, Archibold Sturrock in 1846.
The image is a view to the east of New Swindon and clearly shows the rows of cottages in the Railway Village. The Works buildings can be see opposite the Village and the Station at the top of the image.