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Swindon: Swindon Town, Magic Roundabout, Rwe Npower, Whsmith, Highworth

Swindon: Swindon Town, Magic Roundabout, Rwe Npower, Whsmith, Highworth


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Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Swindon (.)) is a large town and unitary borough authority in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire in south west England. It is midway between Bristol, 40 miles (64 km) west, and Reading, 40 miles (64 km) east. London is 81 miles (130 km) east. Swindon railway station is on the line from London Paddington to Bristol. Swindon Borough Council, is a unitary authority independent of Wiltshire Council since 1997. Residents of Swindon are known as Swindonians. Swindon's motto is "Salubritas et Industria" (health and industry). Swindon was named an Expanded Town under the Town Development Act 1952 and this led to a major increase in its population. In the 2001 census the population of the Swindon urban area was 155,432, while around 184,000 lived in the borough, which includes the large villages of Highworth and Wroughton. The original Saxon settlement of Swindon sat in a defensible position atop a limestone hill. It is referred to in the Domesday Book as Suindune, believed to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon words swine and dun meaning 'pig hill', or possibly 'Sweyn's hill', where Sweyn would be the local landlord. Swindon was a small market town, mainly for barter trade, until roughly 1848. This original market area is on top of the hill in central Swindon, now known as Old Town. The Industrial Revolution was responsible for an acceleration of Swindon's growth. It started with the construction of the Wilts and Berks Canal in 1810 and the North Wilts Canal in 1819. The canals brought trade to the area, and Swindon's population started to grow. GWML to LondonIn 1840, Isambard Kingdom Brunel chose Swindon as the site for the railway works he planned for the Great Western Railway. Eastwards towards London the line was gently graded, while westwards there was a steep descent towards Bath. Swindon was the junction for the proposed line to Gloucester. Swindon Junction station opened in 1842 and unt...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158850723
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 32
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 59 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158850727
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Swindon Town, Magic Roundabout, Rwe Npower, Whsmith, Highworth
  • Width: 229 mm


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