This aerial shot of Swindon fifty years ago shows Headlands School which opened in 1952 as Headlands Grammar. In 1959 T.S. Magson was the Head Teacher. Part of the parish of Stratton St Margaret was added to Swindon by Local Government Board order number 25.937 on September 30, 1900. What had once been a rural area on the outskirts of industrial Swindon would soon become engulfed by the encroaching town. The original Boundary Cottage stood on the Highworth and Swindon parish boundary. It is said that the new Boundary House, built in 1894, was modelled on the owner’s home in Bayswater, but frustratingly little is known about the impressive four storey building that once dominated the former Kingsdown Road. During the early 20 th century Boundary House was occupied by the coach building King Brothers, Henry Charles and Joseph and their two families. Listings in modern directories prove patchy but the Boundary House maintained its conn...