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Swindon history
Early history
Swindon is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as a manor in the hundred of Blagrove, Wiltshire . It was one of the larger manors, recorded as having 27 households and a rent value of £10 14s . The Goddard family were lord of the manor from the 16th century for many generations, living at The Lawn .
Railway town
Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Swindon Works was built for the repair and maintenance of locomotives on the Great Western Railway . The GWR built a small railway village to house some of its workers . During the first half of the 20th century, the railway works was the town’s largest employer and one of the biggest in the country . The Steam Railway Museum and English Heritage occupy part of the old works .
Modern period
David Murray John, Swindon’s town clerk from 1938 to 1974, is seen as a pioneering figure in the post-war regeneration . The town now has all the features of a successful urban/rural council in the Outer southeast zone . The average household income is among the highest in the country .
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