Swindon Through The Years Bitesize - Barnfield

Swindon Through The Years Bitesize - Barnfield Here is another area of the town that has seen many changes across the years. Barnfield is known for being the home of the towns sewage treatment plant, run by Thames Water but do you remember when many of the council services also operated from this site? Many people today may not even be familiar with the name of the old council - Thamesdown! It wasn't a popular name and changed when Swindon became a large unitary authority back in 1997. Let's remind ourselves how the Barnfield area has changed since the 1990's in this weeks Swindon Through The Years Bitesize.