North-west along East Street, Swindon
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The photograph on this page of North-west along East Street, Swindon by Brian Robert Marshall as part of the Geograph project.
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North-west along East Street, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 21 Sep 2010
At the left are houses built for I K Brunel's Great Western Railway company as housing for workers in the nearby factory and their families. East Street is the easternmost extent of what it known as the Railway Village. The village has been owned by the local council since the 1970s when it was bought from what was then the British Railways Board in a fairly run-down state. It was comprehensively restored and modernised and placed into the housing stock where largely it remains. It has been an urban conservation area since 1975. More about it in this pdf http://www.swindon.gov.uk/swindon_railway_village_ca_appraisal_with_map_and_mgt_plan.pdf
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Image Location
Latitude
51.562339
Longitude
-1.788902