South-east along East Street, Swindon
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The photograph on this page of South-east along East Street, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.
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South-east along East Street, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 21 Sep 2010
At the lower right of the image is this cut mark Image The properties to the right represent the eastern extremity of I K Brunel's Railway Village, an early example of a housing development constructed specifically for the use of industrial workers and their families. It dates to the mid 19th century and was used in conjunction with the Great Western Railway factory nearby. The estate was sold in the 1970s to the local authority who modernised it and put the housing into their stock where they largely remain. I'm not sure if the 'right to buy' legislation of the 1980s applied to these dwellings. The houses on the left are rather later and were put up by speculative builders.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.562609
Longitude
-1.789189