Timeline events for date 1987
| Comunity | Date | Events |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 AD | The Railway Works, and the Wills Tobacco factory close in Swindon | |
| Minety | 1987 AD | Silver Street School shut, infant classes had up until this years still been taken there. They were replaced by mobile classrooms on the Sawyers Hill site; sports pavilion built at the Playing Fields |
| Purton | 1987 AD | Postal sorting office closed and work transferred to Swindon |
| Sherston | 1987 AD | Roman villa (350AD) discovered near Vancelettes Farm; Tolsey Surgery founded in the High Street |