"the battlefield is not known, most historians place it between Londinium and Viroconium (Wroxeter in Shropshire), on the Roman Road now known as Watling Street. This name for the road originated in Anglo-Saxon times, thus the alternative modern name of the battle (Battle of Watling Street) is anachronistic and in the absence of evidence, speculative. However the road that became known as Watling Street was clearly a significant strategic element in the campaign that led to the battle. In 43 AD Rome invaded southeastern Britain. The conquest was gradual. While some kingdoms were defeated militarily and occupied, others remained nominally"
"believed to have been a masculine given name meaning ""werewolf"". The term ""Cornoviorum"" distinguishes the site as the Viroconium ""of the Cornovii"", the Celtic tribe whose ""civitas"" the settlement became. The original site of the Cornovian capital (also thought to have been named *Uiroconion) was a hillfort on the Wrekin. The site at Wroxeter was strategically located near the end of the primary Watling Street Roman trunk road that ran across England from Dubris (Roman Dover). During the early years the site was a key frontier position lying on the bank of the Severn river whose valley penetrated deep into"
"at the time was centred on the parish church. The parish council manages local amenities, such as the operation of street lighting. In the Parish of Wroxeter and Uppington the village of Wroxeter is the largest village in the area. Wroxeter has been built around the Roman remains of Viroconium Cornoviorum,a former Roman city. It has been proposed in the past that Uppington should have Conservation Area Status. However this has been ruled out by local residents, likely to be due to the local farmers who would strongly oppose. Avenue Farm offers a 4 star Bed & Breakfast for passers-by"
"Atcham, Wroxeter, and Upton Magna are largely built of stone taken from the buildings of Viroconium Cornoviorum. Some remains are still standing, and further buildings have been excavated. These include ""the Old Work"" (an archway, part of the baths' ""frigidarium"" and the largest free-standing Roman ruin in England) and the remains of a baths complex. These are on display to the public and, along with a small museum, are looked after by English Heritage under the name ""Wroxeter Roman City"". Some of the more important finds are housed in the Music Hall Museum in Shrewsbury. Most of the town still"
"capital of Powys. The city has been variously identified with the and which appeared in the ""Historia Brittonum""s list the 28 ""civitates"" of Britain. N.J. Higham proposes that Viroconium became the site of the court of a sub-Roman kingdom known as the ""Wrocensaete"", which was the successor territorial unit to Cornovia. ""Wrocensaete"" means the ‘inhabitants of Wroxeter’. The Wroxeter Stone or Cunorix Stone, was found in 1967, with an inscription in an Insular Celtic language, identified by the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) at UCL as ""partly-Latinized Primitive Irish"". The inscription, probably on a re-used gravestone, is dated to 460-475"
"Wroxeter Stone The Wroxeter Stone is a stone unearthed in 1967 at Wroxeter, England, formerly the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum. It bears an inscription in an Insular Celtic language, identified by the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) at UCL as ""partly-Latinized Primitive Irish"". It was included in ""A History of Ireland in 100 Objects"" (# 21) under the name of the Cunorix Stone. It is in the care of English Heritage and in 2017 was not on public display. The inscription, probably on a re-used gravestone, is dated to 460-475 AD, and comes from a period several decades after"
"city has been variously identified with the and which appeared in the 9th-century ""History of the Britons""’s list of the 28 cities of Britain. N.J. Higham proposes that Wroxeter became the eponymous capital of an early sub-Roman kingdom known as the ""Wrocensaete"", which he asserts was the successor territorial unit to Cornovia. The literal meaning of ""Wrocensaete"" is 'those dwelling at ""Wrocen""', which Higham interprets as Wroxeter. It may refer quite specifically to the royal court itself, in the first instance, and only by extension to the territory administered from the court. The Roman city was rediscovered in 1859 when"
"starting to decline. Viroconium Cornoviorum and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester) seem to be the only major Roman settlements in Britain that, subsequently, did not grow into larger towns or cities in the post-Roman period. This may have been due to the foundation of Shrewsbury (probably in the 9th century) nearby, which was more easily defended, although the village of Wroxeter still continued to grow. Owing to little development in the Wroxeter area, much of the Roman material has survived reasonably intact compared to other parts of Britain. This has led to the town becoming a favourite among archaeologists and students of"
"Durocornovium Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester). In many ways Durocornovium was a typical small Roman town. The town, encompassing around 25 hectares at its peak, was located at Nythe Farm, east of the A419 adjacent to modern Swindon, although the site is usually associated with the village of Wanborough to the southeast. The farmland is a designated flood plain and has a history of inundation, alleviated by modern drainage, based on clay and gravel beds. There is no public access and no remains are visible."
"a tribe called the Cornovii. The Cornovii held the lowland forests of Cheshire and Shropshire. Their tribal capital was at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury. The original hill fort hillfort capital of the tribe was located on the Wrekin hill and one theory for the origins of the name ‘Wrexham’ is that it developed as a description of a settlement of men from the neighbourhood of the Wrekin: the ‘Wrocansaetan’ or ‘Wreocensaetan’. In 48 A.D the Roman Legions reached Wroxeter and then proceeded to attack a tribe called the Deceangli who were based in what is now Flintshire. Around 70 - 75"
"Wreocensæte The Wreocensæte (), sometimes anglicized as the Wrekinsets, were one of the peoples of Anglo-Saxon Britain. Their name approximates to ""Wrekin-dwellers"". It is also suggested that Wrexham also derived from Wreocensæte. The literal meaning of ""Wrocensaete"" is 'those dwelling at ""Wrocen""'. N.J. Higham interprets this as referring to Wroxeter, the former ""civitas"" of the Cornovii, which became the centre of government of this early sub-Roman kingdom which was the successor territorial unit to Cornovia. He states that, 'It may refer quite specifically to the royal court itself, in the first instance, and only by extension to the territory administered"
"Durocornovium created a unique style of painted wares which never became fashionable nor widespread. Durocornovium Durocornovium was a Roman town in Britain, situated on the Roman road between Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester) and Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester). In many ways Durocornovium was a typical small Roman town. The town, encompassing around 25 hectares at its peak, was located at Nythe Farm, east of the A419 adjacent to modern Swindon, although the site is usually associated with the village of Wanborough to the southeast. The farmland is a designated flood plain and has a history of inundation, alleviated by modern drainage, based on"
"episcopal ordination took place on 12 September 2012 in Wrexham Cathedral. The diocese covers an area of 8,361 km² of the ancient counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire). The see is in the town of Wrexham where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. There are a total of six deaneries in the Diocese of Wrexham, all of which cover several churches in that area, overseen by a dean. The deaneries include: Roman Catholic Diocese"
"Bishop of Wrexham The Bishop of Wrexham is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in the Province of Cardiff in Wales. The diocese covers an area of and consists of the Welsh historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire). The see is in the town of Wrexham where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. The diocese was erected on 12 February 1987 from the Diocese of Menevia. The current bishop"
"of the Severn and Tern are found here, and this region is referred to in later Welsh literature as ""the Paradise of Powys"". The name Powys is thought to derive from Latin ""pagus"" 'the countryside' and ""pagenses"" 'dwellers in the countryside', also the origins of French ""pays"" and English ""peasant"". During the Roman Empire, this region was organised into a Roman province, with the capital at Viroconium Cornoviorum (modern Wroxeter), the fourth-largest Roman city in Britain. An entry in the ""Annales Cambriae"" concerning the death of King Cadell ap Brochfael says that the land later called Powys was originally known"
"the ritual deposition of an iron adze in the ditch of a round house, suggests a significant disposable wealth. These aforesaid lowland areas seem to have been populated by rural peasants who were obliged to pay tribute in cattle and grain to the local chieftains resident in the hillforts. The tribal civitas capital was Viroconium Cornoviorum (or simply ""Viroconium""), the fourth largest town in Roman Britain. It started life as a legionary fortress in the mid-1st century, possibly garrisoned by the XIV Legion then the XX Legion. The main section of Watling Street runs from Dubrium (Dover) to Viroconium (Wroxeter)."
"Cirencester Cirencester (, ; see below for more variations) is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest agricultural college in the English-speaking world, founded in 1840. The town's Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman name for the town was Corinium, which is thought to have been associated with the ancient British tribe of the ""Dobunni"", having the same"
"was declared redundant in 1980 and is now managed by The Churches Conservation Trust. St. Andrew's parish is now united with that of St. Mary, Eaton Constantine. A.E. Housman visited the site and was impressed enough to write of ""when Uricon the city stood"", the poem ending ""Today the Roman and his trouble Are ashes under Uricon."" Bernard Cornwell has the main character of The Saxon Stories visit Wroxeter in Death of Kings, referring to it as an ancient Roman city that was ""as big as London"" and using it as an illustration of his pagan beliefs that the World"
"the burhs of Hereford and Chester. It replaced the large Roman fortified town of Viroconium Cornoviorum only 5 miles to the southeast at modern day Wroxeter. Unfortunately no records survive of the exact date of foundation. Shrewsbury comes from the Saxon name 'Scrobbesbyrig'. Within the river loop Roman coins and pottery have been found, potentially indicating either small scale settlement or a route across the meander. Natural fords existed across the River Severn near to the present day English & Welsh Bridges which would have permitted travel across the meander. The ford near the Welsh Bridge existed just downstream of"
"Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, to the south. The area around the town was first settled in prehistoric times. The Romans established a garrison there after defeating the Durotriges tribe, calling the settlement that grew up nearby Durnovaria; they built an aqueduct to supply water and an amphitheatre"
"4th-largest settlement in Roman Britain, with a population of more than 15,000. The Roman city is first documented in Ptolemy's 2nd century ""Geography"" as one of the cities of the Cornovii tribe, along side Chester (Deva Victrix). Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain around 410, the Cornovians seem to have divided into Pengwern and Powys. The minor Magonsæte sub-kingdom also emerged in the area in the interlude between Powysian and Mercian rule. Viroconium may have served as the early post-Roman capital of Powys prior to its removal to Mathrafal sometime before 717, following famine and plague in the area. The"
"is the Right Reverend Peter Brignall, the 3rd Bishop of Wrexham. Bishop of Wrexham The Bishop of Wrexham is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wrexham in the Province of Cardiff in Wales. The diocese covers an area of and consists of the Welsh historic counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire (the local government areas of Conwy, Anglesey, Denbighshire and Flintshire, Gwynedd, Wrexham and the former Montgomeryshire). The see is in the town of Wrexham where the bishop's seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Sorrows. The diocese was erected on"
"Towcester Towcester ( ), the Roman town of Lactodorum, is an affluent market town in south Northamptonshire, England. Towcester comes from the Old English ""Tōfeceaster"". ""Tōfe"" refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the ""Scandinavian proper names"" ""Tófi"" and ""Tófa"". The Old English ""ceaster"" comes from the Latin ""castra"" (""camp"") and was ""often applied to places in Britain which had been Roman encampments."" Thus, Towcester means ""Camp on the (river) Tove."" The town is approximately south-west of Northampton and about north-west of Milton Keynes, the nearest main towns. Oxford is about south-west via the A43 road,"
"Wroxton Wroxton is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire about west of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 546. Wroxton Abbey is a Jacobean country house on the site of a former Augustinian priory. Wroxton is recorded as having a church in 1217, but the present Church of England parish church of All Saints is early 14th century. A Perpendicular Gothic clerestory and porch were added early in the 15th century. The west tower was designed by Sanderson Miller and in 1748, paid for by Lord North, who owned Wroxton Abbey. All Saints'"
"the later city first was established about 55 as a frontier post for a Thracian legionary cohort located at a fort near the Severn river crossing. A few years later a legionary fortress (""castrum"") was built within the site of the later city for the Legio XIV Gemina during their invasion of Wales. The local British tribe of the Cornovii had their original capital (also thought to have been named *Uiroconion) at the hillfort on the Wrekin. When the Cornovii were eventually subdued their capital was moved to Wroxeter and given its Roman name. This legion XIV Gemina was later"
"and justice, such as they were, generally removed to fortified strongholds. The city's site is attested as ""Dornwaraceaster"" in the ninth century, elided to produce Dornaceaster"", first recorded in 937. Durnovaria Durnovaria is the Latin form of the Brythonic name for the Roman town of Dorchester in the modern English county of Dorset. The first element in the name ""*durno-"" may mean ""fist"" (Welsh ""dwrn"" ‘fist, knob’) the second may be related to Old Irish ""fáir ~ fóir"" denoting a confined area or den. Another and more consistently Brythonic derivation might be from ""Fawr"" Welsh meaning 'great' (c.f Vortigern) hence"
"Worcester Worcester ( ) is a city in Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham, west-northwest of London, north of Gloucester and northeast of Hereford. The population is approximately 100,000. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre, which is overlooked by Worcester Cathedral. The Battle of Worcester was the final battle of the English Civil War, where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles I's Cavaliers. Worcester is known as the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, composer Edward Elgar, Lea & Perrins, makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce, University of Worcester, and Berrow's Worcester Journal, claimed to be"
"licensed as a pub since 1756. The Wroxton House Hotel is also in Stratford Road. It is formed from four cottages, dating from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It is operated by Best Western. Wroxton Church of England Primary School is in Lampitts Green. Wroxton Wroxton is a village and civil parish in the north of Oxfordshire about west of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 546. Wroxton Abbey is a Jacobean country house on the site of a former Augustinian priory. Wroxton is recorded as having a church in 1217, but the present Church of"
"Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. Between 1974 and 1998, it was merged with the neighbouring county of Herefordshire as Hereford and Worcester. The cathedral city of Worcester is the largest settlement and county town. Other major towns in the county include Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Evesham, Kidderminster, Malvern, Redditch, and Stourport-on-Severn. The north-east of Worcestershire includes part of the industrial West Midlands; the rest of the county is largely rural. The county is divided into six administrative districts: Worcester, Redditch, Wychavon, Malvern Hills, Wyre Forest, and Bromsgrove. The county borders"
"the Romans abandoned Roman Britain, and Irish raiders had begun to make permanent settlements in South Wales and south-western Britain. The text of the inscription reads: CVNORIX | MACVSM/A | QVICO[L]I[N]E This is traditionally rendered into words as: CVNORIX MACVS MAQVI COLINE Translation: ""Cunorix son of Maqui Coline"", where Cunorix and Maqui Coline are personal names. The National Museum of Ireland render the inscription as: ""Hound-king, son of the tribe of Holly"". ""Cunorix"" may relate to the etymology of the name of Cynric of Wessex, a 6th-century king. Wroxeter Stone The Wroxeter Stone is a stone unearthed in 1967 at"
"Wroxham Wroxham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The civil parish of Wroxham has an area of 6.21 square kilometres and in 2001 had a population of 1532 in 666 households, reducing to a population of 1,502 in 653 households at the 2011 Census. The village is situated within the Norfolk Broads on the south side of a loop in the middle reaches of the River Bure. It lies in an elevated position above the Bure, between Belaugh Broad to the west and Wroxham Broad to the east or south east. Wroxham is some"
"Three Counties The Three Counties of England are traditionally the three agrarian counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Including towns and cities such as Worcester, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Hereford, Leominster, Stourbridge, Evesham, Malvern and Kidderminster, they extend from the southern boundaries of Birmingham in the north to Bristol in the south. Traditionally rugby union and cricket playing areas, there is a Three Counties Showground situated in the Worcestershire town of Malvern that holds an annual agricultural show, and the area is also referred to in the names of local businesses and in the Three Counties Cider and Perry Association – the"
"Uttoxeter Uttoxeter ( , ) is a market town in Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire, one mile (1.61 km) west of the River Dove. The population was 13,089 at the 2011 Census. Uttoxeter's name has had at least 79 spellings since it was mentioned in the Domesday Book as ""Wotocheshede"": it probably came from Anglo-Saxon ""Wuttuceshǣddre"" = ""Wuttuc's homestead on the heath"". Some historians point to pre-Roman settlement here and Bronze Age axes have been discovered in the town (now in display in the Potteries Museum in Stoke-on-Trent). It is possible that Uttoxeter had some form of"