'''Swindon''' (from the Anglo-Saxon ''swin dun'', 'pig hill') is a large town in the county of [[Wiltshire]], in central-southern [[England]]. Originally a small market town, it expanded greatly in the 1840s when the manufacturing works of the Great Western Railway were located there. {{who says}}
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'''Swindon''' (from the Anglo-Saxon ''swin dun'', 'pig hill') is a large town in the county of [[Wiltshire]], in central-southern [[England]]. Originally a small market town, it expanded greatly in the 1840s when the manufacturing works of the [[Great Western Railway]] were located there.<ref>http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=321&t=THE+RAILWAY+WORKS</ref>