IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Drakes Meadow, SWINDON, SN3 3LL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Drakes Meadow, SN3 3LL by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (23 Images Found)
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Thring Townsend, Drakes Meadow, Penny Lane, Swindon
These are the fairly new offices for a prominent local firm of solicitors. Not on the maps yet.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 24 Feb 2007
0.05 miles
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View from Fairfax Close, Walcot, Swindon
Fairfax Close is named after a famous Elizabethan or someone from that era. Most of the road names in Walcot commemorate such figures. The only Fairfax I could find who fits the requirements is Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Fairfax,_2nd_Lord_Fairfax_of_Cameron who was only 19 when Elizabeth I died and became more famous in the age of Charles I. The houses visible here are in Drakes Way, yet another well-known Elizabethan.
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Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.06 miles
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Former EMI CD factory, Penny Lane, Swindon
EMI had several operations in Swindon at one time. This plant was built by them in the 1990s to replace a smaller factory in Greenbridge. Then they found that it was cheaper to manufacture CDs in Holland so they closed the factory about six years ago. It has recently been sold to a car retailer. The name 'Penny Lane' is derived from a song by a now defunct pop group.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 24 Feb 2007
0.09 miles
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Junction of Ocotal Way and Drakes Way Swindon
Image: © John Firth
Taken: 10 May 2010
0.10 miles
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Former EMI CD factory, Penny Lane, Swindon - detail
Although not much more than about 12 years of age, this building has some signs of weathering.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 24 Feb 2007
0.11 miles
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Shirley Close, Walcot, Swindon
There is almost certainly a famous Elizabethan behind the road name however I'm not sure who at present. Shirley Close joins Frobisher Drive named after Martin Frobisher Image
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Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.12 miles
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Houses in Raleigh Avenue, Walcot, Swindon
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.
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Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.13 miles
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#130 Drake's Way
There is an OS benchmark Image on the front of the house near the left hand corner.
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 13 Apr 2015
0.14 miles