2011
SU1484 : Reading Street, Swindon Railway Village
taken 13 years ago, near to Swindon, England
Reading Street, Swindon Railway Village
When the Great Western Railway opened its main railway works at Swindon in 1843, most staff came from outside the area as there was no heavy engineering tradition in North Wiltshire. The old town of Swindon could not cope with the influx so the GWR built the Railway Village. This was an estate of 300 houses for its staff. The village was finally completed in the 1860s, and although the accommodation was better than industrial houses elsewhere, many of the cottages soon became overcrowded. Most of the roads were named after places on the GWR. This is Reading Street.
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