Swindon Decoded: the curious history of a remarkable town

by John Chandler

Swindon, one of the largest towns in southern England, has a long, diverse and fascinating past, beginning with prehistoric and Roman settlers, and continuing as a medieval market and small town, a place of quarries and canals, and later its showpiece railway village, communal buildings and locomotive works. With a proud industrial heritage and innovative local government, Swindon has embraced periods of rapid expansion, through the later Victorian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914407601
• ISBN13: 9781914407604
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Hobnob Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"