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    <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dandiffendale/">diffendale</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/53660757313/" title="Roman bronze plumb-bob from Viroconium"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53660757313_e3fc174bbe_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Roman bronze plumb-bob from Viroconium" /></a></p> <p>Roman Imperial period, ca. 1st-3rd CE<br /> Found at Wroxeter (ancient Viroconium; see on <a href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79741" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Pleiades</a>), Shropshire, England<br /> <br /> In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the British Museum, London<br /> Purchased from Rev H M Scarth<br /> Inv. 1855,0907.2 (PRB 1855.9-7.2)<br /> <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1855-0907-2" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1855-0907-2</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/28204187@N08/">Stevecollection2008</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/28204187@N08/53617042805/" title="Wroxeter 2003-04, 012_NC"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53617042805_6210cebe0b_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Wroxeter 2003-04, 012_NC" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/28204187@N08/">Stevecollection2008</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/28204187@N08/53616802348/" title="Wroxeter 2003-04, 013_NC"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53616802348_9fc4cbfccf_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Wroxeter 2003-04, 013_NC" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/28204187@N08/">Stevecollection2008</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/28204187@N08/53616933424/" title="Wroxeter 2003-04, 014_NC"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53616933424_b11d1410d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="144" alt="Wroxeter 2003-04, 014_NC" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stanbury/">FlickrDelusions</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/53488448762/" title="Public Bath House and The Old Work"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53488448762_d7fe65bb16_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Public Bath House and The Old Work" /></a></p> <p>The Old Work at 7 m is the highest Roman wall still standing in the UK.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/stanbury/">FlickrDelusions</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/stanbury/53489497458/" title="Wroxeter Roman city"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53489497458_8d10f76ed2_m.jpg" width="240" height="80" alt="Wroxeter Roman city" /></a></p> <p>View across the bath house to the reconstructed town house. The Old Work is on the right (highest Roman wall still standing in the UK).</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jhluxton/">www.jhluxton.com - John H. Luxton Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jhluxton/53316128965/" title="L2023_4915 Old Work Roman Wall - Wroxeter"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53316128965_f3800f99ce_m.jpg" width="240" height="124" alt="L2023_4915 Old Work Roman Wall - Wroxeter" /></a></p> <p>The 7 metre high &quot;Old Work&quot; wall. The rectangular openings were used for the constructional scaffolding. The wall separated the bath house basilica which stood in the foreground from the bath house beyond. At 7 metres high it is the highest original roman wall still standing in the UK. <br /> <br /> For more photographs of Wroxeter Roman City, please click here: <a href="https://www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jhluxton/">www.jhluxton.com - John H. Luxton Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jhluxton/53315645596/" title="L2023_4967 Roman Town House Replica - Wroxeter Roman City - Shropshire"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53315645596_1269a4159e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="L2023_4967 Roman Town House Replica - Wroxeter Roman City - Shropshire" /></a></p> <p>The replica English Heritage Roman town house which was constructed in 2010 and opened in 2011. It was constructed for the Channel 4 Documentary &quot;Rome wasn't built in a Day&quot;<br /> <br /> To the right in the distance can be seen the wall of the bath house known as &quot;The Old Work&quot; at 7 metres in height this is the tallest original roman wall still standing in Britain. <br /> <br /> For more photographs of Wroxeter Roman City, please click here: <a href="https://www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jhluxton/">www.jhluxton.com - John H. Luxton Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jhluxton/53316110265/" title="L2023_4951 Wroxeter Roman City - Shropshire"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53316110265_e89b23539d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="L2023_4951 Wroxeter Roman City - Shropshire" /></a></p> <p>The excavated remains of the Forum can be seen in the foreground. In the back ground is the replica Roman Town House constructed using traditional tools in 2010/11 for a Channel 4 documentary series. <br /> <br /> For more photographs of Wroxeter Roman City, please click here: <a href="https://www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.jhluxton.com/England/Shropshire/Wroxeter-Roman-City/</a><br /> <br /> Roman Wroxeter, near the end of the Watling Street Roman road that ran across Romanised Celtic Britain from Dubris (Dover), was a key frontier position lying on the bank of the River Severn whose valley penetrated deep into what later became Wales, and also on a route south leading to the Wye valley.<br /> <br /> Archaeology has shown that the site of the later city first was established about AD 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> This legion XIV Gemina was later replaced by the Legio XX Valeria Victrix which in turn relocated to Chester around AD 88. As the military abandoned the fortress the site was taken over by the Cornovians' civilian settlement.<br /> <br /> The name of the settlement, meaning &quot;Viroconium of the Cornovians&quot;, preserves a native Brittonic name that has been reconstructed as *Uiroconion.<br /> <br /> Viroconium prospered over the next century, with the construction of many public buildings, including thermae and a colonnaded forum. At its peak, it is thought to have been the 4th-largest settlement in Roman Britain, with a population of more than 15,000.<br /> <br /> Following the Roman withdrawal from Britain around AD 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.<br /> <br /> The Roman city was rediscovered in 1859 when workmen began excavating the baths complex. A replica Roman villa was constructed in 2010 for a Channel 4 television programme called Rome Wasn't Built in a Day and was opened to the public on 19 February 2011.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52827334328/" title="[120882] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Pulpit"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52827334328_21149e5960_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="[120882] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Pulpit" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust.<br /> Grade l listed.<br /> The C17 five-sided wooden pulpit has a panelled square base and carved decoration.<br /> <br /> <br /> </b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52826319197/" title="[120880] Wroxeter Roman City"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52826319197_fff8a5b44e_m.jpg" width="240" height="124" alt="[120880] Wroxeter Roman City" /></a></p> <p><b>Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire.<br /> English Heritage.<br /> <br /> Though a small village today, Wroxeter was once the fourth largest town in Roman Britain. It was almost the same size as Pompeii in Italy and its true size can best be judged by the scale of the surviving defences and the much-denuded ramparts. Founded in the mid-1st century AD as a legionary fortress, the town was established in the AD 90s, and inhabited until the 7th century. It is exceptionally well preserved – the site’s relatively remote location has meant that there has been little disturbance of the archaeological remains of the Roman town by later occupation. Archaeologists have been able to use cutting-edge technology here to reveal details of the city, which has led to a revolution in our understanding of this important site.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-city/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-c...</a></b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52826892771/" title="[102885] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Sir Thomas &amp; Lady Bromley"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52826892771_e55714b327_m.jpg" width="240" height="198" alt="[102885] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Sir Thomas &amp; Lady Bromley" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust.<br /> Monument to Sir Thomas Bromley, Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench (d 1555) and his wife.<br /> Attributed to Richard Parker.<br /> <br /> Two recumbent effigies.<br /> Carved shields with angel supports in the end panels.<br /> The side has shields and a central female figure divided by strips with candelabra decoration.</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52827077099/" title="[120883] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Hatchment"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52827077099_ba24662a82_m.jpg" width="240" height="175" alt="[120883] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Hatchment" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust. <br /> Hatchment.<br /> I have yet to discover to which family this belongs.<br /> <br /> A Hatchment is a large, painted tablet, typically diamond-shaped, bearing the coat of arms of someone who has died. After hanging outside the family home for a period they were brought inside the church and displayed in their honour.</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52826319102/" title="[120884] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Hatchment"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52826319102_37934fde82_m.jpg" width="240" height="181" alt="[120884] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Hatchment" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust. <br /> Hatchment.<br /> I have yet to discover to which family this belongs.<br /> <br /> A Hatchment is a large, painted tablet, typically diamond-shaped, bearing the coat of arms of someone who has died. After hanging outside the family home for a period they were brought inside the church and displayed in their honour.</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52827295485/" title="[120886] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Looking West"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52827295485_35c3d5bd85_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="[120886] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Looking West" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust.<br /> Anglo-Saxon work incorporating Roman masonry, early C16, &amp; circa 1763.<br /> Dhurch restored circa 1863 and tower restored and porch added in 1890.<br /> Grade l listed.<br /> Looking West.<br /> <br /> Though some of the building dates from before the Domesday Book (1086), it has been altered and enlarged throughout the centuries. </b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52781770869/" title="[120208] St Andrew, Wroxeter : East Window"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52781770869_331d0180d4_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="[120208] St Andrew, Wroxeter : East Window" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust. <br /> East Window, 1860. Twelve Apostles.<br /> By Edward Baillie (1812-1856). <br /> Detail.<br /> <br /> Thomas Baillie established his firm in 1838, but also worked with his brother Edward Baillie (1812-1856). After Edward's death Thomas Baillie became head of the family firm, which was joined by George Mayer (from 1854) and then by William Lutwyche (1840-1908).</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52826319162/" title="[120881] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Looking East"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52826319162_095e0611bb_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="[120881] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Looking East" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust.<br /> Anglo-Saxon work incorporating Roman masonry, early C16, &amp; circa 1763.<br /> Dhurch restored circa 1863 and tower restored and porch added in 1890.<br /> Grade l listed.<br /> Looking East.<br /> <br /> Though some of the building dates from before the Domesday Book (1086), it has been altered and enlarged throughout the centuries. </b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52781770879/" title="[120207] St Andrew, Wroxeter : East Window"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52781770879_cdfb6a7116_m.jpg" width="150" height="240" alt="[120207] St Andrew, Wroxeter : East Window" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust. <br /> East Window, 1860. Twelve Apostles.<br /> By Edward Baillie (1812-1856). <br /> Detail.<br /> <br /> Thomas Baillie established his firm in 1838, but also worked with his brother Edward Baillie (1812-1856). After Edward's death Thomas Baillie became head of the family firm, which was joined by George Mayer (from 1854) and then by William Lutwyche (1840-1908).</b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52781989813/" title="[120205] Wroxeter Roman City"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52781989813_64761399db_m.jpg" width="240" height="174" alt="[120205] Wroxeter Roman City" /></a></p> <p><b>Wroxeter Roman City, Shropshire.<br /> English Heritage.<br /> <br /> Though a small village today, Wroxeter was once the fourth largest town in Roman Britain. It was almost the same size as Pompeii in Italy and its true size can best be judged by the scale of the surviving defences and the much-denuded ramparts. Founded in the mid-1st century AD as a legionary fortress, the town was established in the AD 90s, and inhabited until the 7th century. It is exceptionally well preserved – the site’s relatively remote location has meant that there has been little disturbance of the archaeological remains of the Roman town by later occupation. Archaeologists have been able to use cutting-edge technology here to reveal details of the city, which has led to a revolution in our understanding of this important site.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-city/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-c...</a></b></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/30120216@N07/">Budby</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/30120216@N07/52781932435/" title="[120206] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Royal Arms"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52781932435_a25a64d0b3_m.jpg" width="240" height="193" alt="[120206] St Andrew, Wroxeter : Royal Arms" /></a></p> <p><b>St Andrew, Wroxeter, Shropshire.<br /> Churches Conservation Trust. <br /> Royal Arms of King Charles ll, 1675.<br /> <br /> . <br /> <br /> <br /> </b></p>

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