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Swindon Old Town Through Time
Mark Child
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Description for Swindon Old Town Through Time
Paperback. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Swindon Old Town has changed and developed over the last century. Num Pages: 96 pages, 86 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 304. 96 pages, 184 illustrations incl 86 colour. This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Swindon Old Town has changed and developed over the last century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WQH; WQP. Dimension: 164 x 233 x 8. Weight: 304.
Old Town, the original Swindon, developed slowly and modestly throughout the medieval period, on a hill some 450 feet above sea level. By the middle of the nineteenth century, it was still a small country town. Almost every worker was employed in some form of agriculture, or as a servant to the gentry who were beginning to build their villas a decent distance from the low, thatched cottages and the traders' premises at its centre. The railway arrived in 1840 and changed all that. As the new industrial town snarled and snapped at the foot of the hill, Old Town ... Read more
Old Town, the original Swindon, developed slowly and modestly throughout the medieval period, on a hill some 450 feet above sea level. By the middle of the nineteenth century, it was still a small country town. Almost every worker was employed in some form of agriculture, or as a servant to the gentry who were beginning to build their villas a decent distance from the low, thatched cottages and the traders' premises at its centre. The railway arrived in 1840 and changed all that. As the new industrial town snarled and snapped at the foot of the hill, Old Town ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Through Time
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445609454
SKU
V9781445609454
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Ref
99-49
About Mark Child
Mark Child is a historian and an architectural and topographical writer who has had many books published. He is well known for his articles over many years on towns and villages for Archant Life magazines, particularly Cotswold Life.
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