Swindon, High Street 1948
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S254012
More about this scene
Looking South to Marlborough Road The buildings to the left stood next to the Old Town Hall on the Market Square. In the 19th century the shop on the corner was a grocer's and baker's owned by the family of the writer Richard Jefferies. The Masons Arms (beyond), with its own stables, which stood opposite the junction with Newport Street, had parts of the building dating back to the late 17th century. Immediately adjacent to this inn in Marlborough Road was another old public house, the Bell & Shoulder of Mutton. This section of the High Street has changed beyond recognition today. Road widening in 1969-70 swept away all the buildings to the left; the HSBC Bank complex, and its adjacent car park, now cover the area.
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