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Swindon
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Swindon, city (1991 pop. 127,348), Wiltshire, S central England. Swindon was a small village until 1841, when the Great Western RR opened its locomotive and car works there. Since then, with government support, it has become the largest and most highly industrialized town in Wiltshire. Other industries are engineering, clothing manufacture, and tobacco.
Swindon
1. a town in S England, in NE Wiltshire: railway workshops, high technology. Pop.: 155 432 (2001).
2. a unitary authority in S England, in Wiltshire. Pop.: 181 200 (2003 est.). Area: 230 sq. km (89 sq. miles)


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Shelley, a stage-trained actress born in Swindon, England, has been in films such as ``Photographing Fairies,'' ``Everybody Loves Sunshine'' and ``The Bone Snatcher.
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On Friday, she was able for the first time to hold both babies at once, said Ian Keeber, a spokesman at Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon, England, just west of London.
 
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