Place:Wroxeter, Shropshire, England

Watchers
Larger map


NameWroxeter
Alt namesUriconiumsource: Blue Guide: England (1980) p 388
Viroconiumsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 359
Viroconium Cornoviorumsource: Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979) p 984
TypeVillage
Coordinates52.683°N 2.65°W
Located inShropshire, England     (0050 - )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Wroxeter is a village in Shropshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington and is located besides the River Severn, about south-east of Shrewsbury. It is at the site of the Roman city of Viroconium Cornoviorum, which was the fourth largest civitas capital in Roman Britain.

[edit]

Research Tips

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


Retrieved from "http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Wroxeter%2C_Shropshire%2C_England"