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 == Parish History  ==
+SWINDON, two towns, a parish, and a sub-district, in Highworth district, Wilts. The towns are Old S. and New S. Old S. stands on an eminence, near the Wilts and Berks canal, 1 mile SSE of S.-Junction r. station, and 17 NE by E of Chippenham.
-&nbsp;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'''.<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>
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