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Archive for the ‘Fosse Close’ Category
added circa 1961 and takes its name from the Fosse Way Roman road.
Montague House, Fosse Close
July 24th, 2010 | 
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ID Number – 455.94a
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Subject - Montague House
Date – 2009
Donor – RogersStan
House No/Name – 2 & 3
Street – Fosse Close
Location – Front Elevation
Additional Info – This building was the subject of a planning dispute between the builders and Swindon Borough Council during 2008 ( see ID No 455.94). The dispute was finally resolved and the property completed & named Montague House in 2009.
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South East Side of Fosse Close
ID Number – 449
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Subject – South East Side of Fosse Close
Date – 2006
Donor – RogersStan
Street – Fosse Close
Location – South East Side
Additional Info – The houses were built on Jones’s Field where Mr Jones of the Even Swindon Bakery in Jennings Street kept his horse. At a later date Mr Amor who owned a shop in Redcliffe Street stabled his horse in the field and we believe at that time owned the field. During this period the the local Sunday Schools of St Augustine’s and the Rodbourne Road Methodist Church used to take the children down for picnics called Sunday School Treats. Local resident Stan Rogers who moved into his newly built house in Fosse Close decided with the other residents to purchase land from Mr Amor at the rear of the properties to extend their back gardens.
No 1 & No 1b Fosse Close
ID Number – 455.96
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Subject – No 1 & No 1b Fosse Close
Date – 2007
Donor – RogersStan
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 1a & 1b
Location – Fosse Close
Additional Info. – These flats were built on the site of the original lock up garages. You can see the “Backsie” allowing access to the back gardens of Deburgh Street. See ID 455.95 for the demolition of the garages.
Looking toward Jennings Street School
ID Number – 352
Image No – img987
Subject – Looking toward Jennings Street School
Date – 17 February 1963
Donor – ScrimgeourShirley
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 8
Location – 8 Fosse Close, Rodbourne
Looking toward Jennings Street School
ID Number – 351
Image No – img842
Subject – Looking toward Jennings Street School
Date – 17 February 1963
Donor – ScrimgeourShirley
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 8
Location – 8 Fosse Close, Rodbourne
Looking toward Jennings Street School
ID Number – 350
Image No – img840
Subject – Looking toward Jennings Street School
Date – circa 1980s
Donor – ScrimgeourShirley
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 8
Location – 8 Fosse Close, Rodbourne
Elaine Pound
ID Number – 349
Image No – img838
Subject – Elaine Pound
Date – circa 1962
Donor - ScrimgeourShirley
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 8
Location – Back Garden
Group Activity – Family Photo
No 1 & No 1b Fosse Close
ID Number – 455.96
Image No – img0854
Subject – No 1 & No 1b Fosse Close
Date – 2007
Donor – RogersStan
Street – Fosse Close
House Number/Name – 1a & 1b
Location – Fosse Close
Additional Info. – These flats were built on the site of the original lock up garages. You can see the “Backsie” allowing access to the back gardens of Deburgh Street. See ID 455.95 for the demolition of the garages.
Demolition of garages, Fosse Close Backsie
ID Number – 455.95
Image No – img0542
Subject – Demolition of garages
Date – 2007
Donor – RogersStan
Street - Fosse Close
Location – Backsie off Fosse Close
Snowy Scene at the Junction of Fosse Close & Watling Close
ID Number – 455.2
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Subject – Snowy Scene
Date – 2008
Donor – RogersStan
Street – Fosse Close
Location – Junction of Fosse & Watling Close
Additional Info – Fosse Close & Watling Close were built on Jones’s Field