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Hace 4 días · Swindon, town and unitary authority in the northeastern part of the geographic and historic county of Wiltshire, southern England. Mostly in a fertile clay valley, the unitary authority is bounded to the north by the upper reaches of the River Thames and to the south by the steep chalk escarpment.
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Hace 3 días · Wiltshire, geographic and historic county and unitary authority of southern England. Wiltshire is situated on a low plateau draining into the basins of the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the eastward-flowing River Thames. Trowbridge, in western Wiltshire, is the administrative center.
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Hace 3 días · Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system . Founded as Swindle AFC in 1879, the club became Spartans the next year, before finally settling on the name ...
18 de may. de 2024 · Swindon, the largest town in Wiltshire, lies near the north-eastern boundary of the county. (fn. 1) The geology of its site has been discussed at length by W. J. Arkell, (fn. 2) and need only be summarized here.
Hace 1 día · It consists of the counties of Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly), Dorset, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Cities and large towns in the region include Bath, Bristol, Bournemouth, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth and Swindon.
Hace 5 días · SOCIAL LIFE. No evidence exists on which to base an account of the social life of Swindon before the arrival of the railway. Record of two pastimes only has survived.
Hace 5 días · Manors and Other Estates. There were five holdings at Swindon in 1086, amounting to 21¾ hides; the assessment of another holding at Walcot at 3¼ hides (fn. 1) makes it seem likely that Swindon was a 25-hide estate divided between a number of lords. Apart from Walcot, only the fivehide holding of the Bishop of Bayeux can be confidently ...
