View from Fairfax Close, Walcot, Swindon
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View from Fairfax Close, Walcot, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 2 Jan 2010
Fairfax Close is named after a famous Elizabethan or someone from that era. Most of the road names in Walcot commemorate such figures. The only Fairfax I could find who fits the requirements is Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron who was only 19 when Elizabeth I died and became more famous in the age of Charles I. The houses visible here are in Drakes Way, yet another well-known Elizabethan. NOTE. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.564802
Longitude
-1.760758