This aerial photograph was taken October
2003 shows the northerly part of the village with the
main A3102 road entering the village from Wootton Bassett
and Swindon. Grid reference at centre of image - SU 023 798 GB Grid.
The main Swindon road, starting in the top left hand
corner, bends out of the village heading in a north-easterly
direction, dipping and twisting past South View and
the Old Vicarage, which is situated on the extreme
left hand edge of the picture. The road then follows
past The Folly, colloquially "Frying Pan Bottom" named
after the pattern of the road layout, looking like
a frying pan from the air. The road then leads past
the large wooded area to the left, Brick Kiln Copse
and past the farm buildings of Pound Farm owned by
Mr Webb.
The twisting shallow gorge in the field at the top
right corner of the image is the stream of Lillybrook
leading to a ford as it crosses Farthing Lane. |
