A view down Little London, Swindon
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A view down Little London, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 16 Dec 2007
Little London is now an unremarkable little backstreet just east of Albert Street Image but in its day the Albert Street/Little London area was a red light district and the haunt of the 'lowest labourers' where it was said that 'almost any vice might be witnessed or indulged in'. Source: 'Swindon. An Illustrated History' Mark Child, Breedon Books, 2002. The tall chimney in the background marks the location of BMW's MINI panel plant at SU167863, 2.77 kilometres north.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.553773
Longitude
-1.77596