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Family Tree
I am researching my fam tree. I have found out some of my ancestors came from Swindon. Due to a long story my Grandmothers biological Grandfather worked on the G.W.R AS A Labourer his name was Edwin New. He married Mary Jane Stroud in 1873 then went on to have my Grandmother Real mother Alice Elizabeth New. Alice was born on the 10th March 1884 at Lower stratton.
I wondered if any one out there knows of these name above. My grandmother was born in a mother and baby hospital in Hackney for unmarried mother on the 24th July 1906. I found the details out with the help of the Salvation Army her real mothers name was given ...read more here
A memory of Swindon contributed by Karen Surtees
Mother.
My mother worked in the cafeteria at lunch time, collecting the money from the students. She seemed to know everybody in the college and when she passed away at the young age of 48, it seemed that the whole of Swindon mourned with us. Swindon is a place that I hold dear to my heart. Every picture that I have looked at today brings back wounderful memories of a town that I still call home even though I live overseas.
A memory of Swindon contributed by patricia beach
Farewell rail tour
The picture is taken from the footbridge and show the rail tour on about 3/9/61. There were two. This one is the one I travelled on hauled by GWR 2-6-0 5306. I rode on the footplate of the engine from here to Cirencester. The other one was hauled by 7808 Cookham Manor.
A memory of Swindon contributed by adrian vaughan
Ducks
I remember when I was little going to Coate water, feeding the ducks and having picnics with my family. Those were the days! :)
A memory of Swindon contributed by jaz g
Extracts From Penhill & Wiltshire books
This is a typical lodge house
of the Ailesbury Estate variety;
it bears Gothic features such
as the ornate barge-boards
and detailing to the eaves.
This lodge has fish-scale tiles
that were popular in the later
19th century. Labourers work-
ing nearby have obviously
been drafted in to add a rustic
charm to the picture.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
This fine old 17th-
century farmhouse, built
in a mixture of materials,
stone, brick, tile-hanging
and long straw thatch,
is typical of the area
around Marlborough.
It was known as Brown’s
by 1718. By the middle
of the 20th century it
was being used as an
outhouse, and it was
demolished in 1961–2
to make way for more
modern farm buildings.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
We are looking towards
Back Lane. This is a street
mainly of 16th- or 17th-
century timber-framed
cottages. In the garden of
No 2, on the bottom left of
the picture, a plague pit was
found with the remains of
five skeletons, a legacy of
the Black Death in 1348-
9. The lady wearing a flat
cap looks like she means business!
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
Thought to have
been built in the late
17th century, this fine
old mill house, once one
of ten in the Ramsbury
area, was turned into
a dwelling as late as
the 1960s. Now called
Moon’s Mill, it was
previously known
as Upper Mill in the
18th century, Gibbs’
Mill, and Edwards Mill in
the mid 19th century.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".
This view looks east.
The chapel was not
considered an architec-
tural success, and
its interior has been
described as ‘barn-like’.
The lack of a screen
between the main body
of the church and the
altar probably adds to
the effect.
An extract from from"Marlborough Photographic Memories".