Houses in Raleigh Avenue, Walcot, Swindon
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Houses in Raleigh Avenue, Walcot, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 2 Jan 2010
Raleigh Avenue is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous Elizabethan who discovered tobacco and potatoes. Despite these accomplishments he was beheaded in 1618 because some Spaniard demanded it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh Although most of the estate was intended for Londoners displaced from the capital in the post-war years, occasionally others were allocated homes here. The house at the right was occupied by the photographer from 1956 to 1962 when his father moved to the town from the Midlands to take up a new job in the town. 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
51.563906
Longitude
-1.761917