Viroconium Cornoviorum
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.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Roman town, near Wroxeter in modern-day Shropshire, England
- Also known as: “Uriconium”, “Viroconium”, “Wroxeter Roman City”, and “Wroxeter Roman City/Viroconium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and Attingham Park.
St Andrew’s Church
Church
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. St Andrew’s Church is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Viroconium Cornoviorum.
Attingham Park
Park
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. Attingham Park is situated 1½ miles northwest of Viroconium Cornoviorum.
Cound Hall
Castle
Cound Hall, in Cound, Shropshire, England, is a Grade I listed building. It is a large vernacular Baroque house, with a basement and two storeys of tall slender windows topped by a half-storey, built of red brick with stone dressings. Cound Hall is situated 2 miles south of Viroconium Cornoviorum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wroxeter and Uckington.
Wroxeter
Village
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.
Uckington
Hamlet
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.
Donnington
Hamlet
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.
Viroconium Cornoviorum
- Categories: former settlement, ancient Roman structure, castrum, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wroxeter and Uppington, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.67413° or 52° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
-2.64415° or 2° 38′ 39″ west
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9C4VM9F4+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Viroconium Cornoviorum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Viroconium”
- Cebuano: “Viroconium”
- Chinese: “禾西特羅馬城市”
- Chinese: “維洛科尼烏姆”
- Chinese: “维洛科尼乌姆”
- Dutch: “Viroconium”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيروكونيوم كورنوفيوروم”
- Esperanto: “Viroconium Cornoviorum”
- French: “Viroconium Cornoviorum”
- French: “Viroconium”
- German: “Viroconium”
- Italian: “Viroconium”
- Latin: “Viroconium”
- Portuguese: “Virocônio”
- Portuguese: “Viroconium”
- Slovenian: “Viroconium Cornoviorum”
- Slovenian: “Viroconium”
- Spanish: “Viroconium”
- Swedish: “Viroconium”
- Welsh: “Viroconium”
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