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	== Parish History ==		== Parish History ==

	SWINDON ~~(Holy Rood)~~, a ~~market-town and~~ '''parish''', in ~~the union of~~ Highworth ~~and Swindon~~, ~~hundred of Kingsbridge, Swindon~~ and N. ~~divisions of~~ Wiltshire, ~~41 miles (N~~.~~) from Salisbury~~, and ~~81 (W.) from London. There are places~~ of ~~worship for '''Independents and Wesleyans'''. A branch railway diverges from Swindon to Cheltenham~~.<ref>[http://www.~~british-history~~.ac.uk/~~report~~.~~aspx~~?~~compid~~=~~51323#s19 Lewis~~, ~~Samuel A.~~, ~~A Topographical Dictionary~~ of England (~~1848~~)~~, pp. 286-289.~~]</ref>		SWINDON, two towns, a '''parish,''' and a sub-district, in Highworth district, Wiltshire. The towns are Old S. and New S. Old S. stands on an eminence, near the Wiltshire and Berks canal, 1 mile SSE of S.-Junction railway station, and 17 NE by E of Chippenham; was known, at Domesday, as Svindune.<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=377&st=swindon Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72)]</ref>