Wroxeter
Wroxeter is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 657 residents
- Description: village in Shropshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Caerwrygion” and “Wroxeter, Shropshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Viroconium Cornoviorum and St Andrew’s Church.
Viroconium Cornoviorum
Archaeological site
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by Wroxeter, a small village in Shropshire, England, about 5 miles east-south-east of Shrewsbury.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
Photo: Peter Comeau, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is a redundant Church of England parish church in the village of Wroxeter, Shropshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Attingham Park
Park
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Attingham Park is an English country house and estate in Shropshire. Located near the village of Atcham, on the B4380 Shrewsbury to Wellington road. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donnington and Uckington.
Donnington
Hamlet
Photo: Richard Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donnington is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It forms part of the civil parish of Wroxeter and Uppington. It lies near to Charlton Hill, which rises to 469 feet above sea level.
Uckington
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Malpass, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Uckington is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire located about a mile north-east of Wroxeter village and to the east of Shrewsbury.
Eyton on Severn
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eyton on Severn is a small village in the English county of Shropshire, east of Shrewsbury. It is located on a ridge above the northern bank of the River Severn.
Wroxeter
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Wroxeter and Uppington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.67134° or 52° 40′ 17″ northLongitude
-2.64663° or 2° 38′ 48″ westPopulation
657Elevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9C4VM9C3+G8OpenStreetMap ID
node 335517110OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2633473Wikidata ID
Q1848222
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Wroxeter” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Wroxeter”
- Chinese: “佛洛克西特”
- Chinese: “羅克斯特”
- Czech: “Wroxeter”
- Dutch: “Wroxeter”
- Esperanto: “Wroxeter”
- French: “Wroxeter”
- German: “Wroxeter”
- Irish: “Wroxeter”
- Italian: “Wroxeter”
- Japanese: “ロクシター”
- Japanese: “ロックシター”
- Ladin: “Wroxeter”
- Latin: “Virioconium”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wroxeter”
- Norwegian: “Wroxeter”
- Persian: “راکستر”
- Polish: “Wroxeter”
- Portuguese: “Wroxeter”
- Russian: “Рокстер”
- Slovenian: “Wroxeter”
- Swedish: “Wroxeter”
- Urdu: “روکسیٹر”
- Welsh: “Caerwrygion”
- “Wroxeter”
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