New exhibition from Swindon's Historic England Archive

By Barrie Hudson - 12 November 2026

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  • The exhibition will include this image of Windermere Chain Ferry, Windermere, Cumbria, c1870. (Source: Historic England Archive. JRC01/01/029/061)

    The exhibition will include this image of Windermere Chain Ferry, Windermere, Cumbria, c1870. (Source: Historic England Archive. JRC01/01/029/061)

All are invited to transport themselves back in time to a Lost World with the Historic England Archive’s new photograph exhibition.

Chosen and curated by members of the Archive’s Friday Men’s Group, the exhibition features over 30 photographs from the remarkable Janette Rosing Collection.
They include portraits of rugged blacksmiths and boy soldiers, views of busy streets and marketplaces, steam locomotives, ancient monuments and even camels on a beach.
The exhibition will be on display at Swindon Central Library’s Courtyard Gallery from Tuesday 1 December until Tuesday 15 December.
The archive is based at at The Engine House in Swindon's Fire Fly Avenue.?

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