sandgrounder
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Can anyone tell me if there was a Groundhill Road in Swindon around 1940, please?
Google shows a Groundwell Rd but I don't know if this is the same place.
TIA
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toby webb
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I have never heard of a Groundhill Road but there was, and still is, a Groundwell Road. It runs from Drove Road to Commercial Road. Does this make sense?
Toby
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sandgrounder
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Thanks John and Toby
I don't know Swindon at all, but I've come across the address as that of a next of kin on a service record. I'm pretty sure that's an error in itself, for various reasons, but I thought I'd try and find out a bit more. I'll contact the local history library there and see what they can come up with.
Judith
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toby webb
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Hi Judith,
I have a Swindon directory which might help. Do you have a house number in Groundwell / hill Road?
The Local History Centre also have data on all street names which stemmed from W.H.Hallam's Swindon Street Names.
Toby.
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toby webb
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Not as easy as I thought. At one time Swindon Directories showed complete streets as well as alphabetical name lists. My directory is 1952, so perhaps a little late and it is also only alphabetical. Do you have a possible name too?
Toby.
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sandgrounder
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The name was Rose (surname). Thanks for your help
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toby webb
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In 1952 there were 37 Rose entries but unhappily none in Groundwell Road. The nearest that I noticed was an H. Ross at 77, Groundwell Rd. Sorry couldn't help.
Toby.
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sandgrounder
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Was there an S Rose anywhere? Does it only give initials?
Thanks for all your help.
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toby webb
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There is
S. Ann Rose, 103, Farringdon Road
S. G. Rose, 13, Reading St.
Both of these roads are near the railway and about half a mile + from Groundwell Road.
Hope one of the above is what you are loking for. Otherwise you will need to contact the Local History Centre.
Toby.
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sandgrounder
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You've been a great help, Toby. Thanks very much.
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sandgrounder
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I don't know, it doesn't give a county. I'm ashamed to say I only know of the one in Wiltshire!
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