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SWINDON

Volume 20 · 192 words · 1860 Edition

a market-town of England, Wiltshire, on a hill 19 miles N.E. by N. of Devizes, and 80 W. of London. It consists of 5 principal streets, which are broad, regular, and neat; and it contains many good buildings. There are a handsome town-hall and market-house, an elegant gothic parish church, other places of worship belonging to Wesleyans and Independents; national, British, and infant schools, a library, and reading-room. Swindon is a principal station of the Great Western Railway, which has a locomotive-engine factory here, employing 1500 hands. In connection with this factory, a new town, called New Swindon, has sprung up, containing a church, schools, and mechanics' institute of its own. Pop. of the parish, 4876.

SWINEMÜNDE, a town of the Prussian monarchy, province of Pomerania, near the mouth of the Swine in the Baltic, 30 miles N.N.W. of Stettin. It has broad streets, lined with well-built houses, and contains a court of law, public offices, baths, and assembly rooms. There are here docks; and a harbour, that has been recently enlarged and improved, as it is the port of Stettin. The trade and navigation of the place are considerable. Pop. 5446.