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Torridge Close, SWINDON, SN25 1PW

Modern building located at the eastern end of High Street. The church history can be traced back to 1849 (via many alterations), when a congregational chapel was built here. At that time, Haydon Wick was a hamlet to the north of Swindon.

This view is in the heart of Moredon, a municipal housing estate built in the 1950s. Cheddar Road leads away from the viewpoint to its junction with Barton Road on the left. The houses on the left are of the 'Cornish' design, one of several non-traditional building systems developed in the immediate post-war years to enable as many houses as possible to be built by local authorities in the shortest time. The design principles typically involved the use of reinforced concrete and the generic term 'PRC' for pre-cast reinforced concrete was coined to describe system-built housing. Unfortunately, the use of this material led to structural problems developing in the life of the properties and they had to be comprehensively rebuilt to enable their continued existence. The bungalows on the right are of more traditional design and construction and were built to accommodated retired people.

Moredon is a municipal housing estate developed in the 1950s. Coombe Road, leading away from the viewpoint, contains terraced houses typical of many thousands built at the same time up and down the country by local authorities.

Houses on Blunsdon Road near the corner of High Street. Now incorporated into Swindon, in the early decades of the 20th century Haydon Wick was a small hamlet. There were houses in the High Street area, and farms in the surrounding fields. Roads were little more than tracks. Mains gas was first available in 1930, and electricity not until 1939.

High Street pub. The building was described in an 1825 will as a "dwelling house with 8 acres of land". It was first licensed to sell beer in 1830. When auctioned in 1875, it was described as "bar, taproom, cowstall and stable."

The view east at the corner of Blunsdon Road. The large sign on the left shows that this section of High Street leads to Churchfield, Green Valley Avenue, Greenmeadow Avenue and Emmanuel U.R.C (United Reformed Church).

Located at 47 High Street, facing a street named Churchfield. Privately-owned care home with nursing, for 18 residents.

Thames Avenue bungalows near the corner of Severn Avenue. These street names are the nearest most of Swindon gets to a river. The River Ray http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1716191 flows past the western edge of the town. The River Thames is several kilometres north of the northern edge of Swindon.

This part of Abbey View Road is on the eastern edge of Moredon, a municipal housing estate dating from the 1950s. The road is so named because it may once have been possible to see Blunsdon Abbey, a few kilometres to the north. The older houses in the background are in Church Walk North, in the Cheney Manor area of Swindon. These are private houses.

Viewed from High Street across the SW end of Blunsdon Road.