West Midlands
Shropshire
Wroxeter & Uppington

Viroconium Cornoviorum

Viroconium or Uriconium, formally Viroconium Cornoviorum, was a Roman city, one corner of which is now occupied by , a small village in , England, about 5 miles east-south-east of .
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  • 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 St Eata’s Church, Atcham.

Church
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St Andrew's Church is a redundant Church of England parish church in the village of , , 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. is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Viroconium Cornoviorum.

Church
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St Eata's Church is in the village of , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Shrewsbury, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield. is situated 1½ miles west of Viroconium Cornoviorum.

Castle
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, in , , 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. is situated 2 miles south of Viroconium Cornoviorum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wroxeter and Uckington.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of , England.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the county of located about a mile north-east of village and to the east of .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the county of . It forms part of the civil parish of . It lies near to Charlton Hill, which rises to 469 feet above sea level.

Viroconium Cornoviorum

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
way 127046140
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
8224799
Wiki­data ID
Q1361580
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Viroconium Cornoviorum”. Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.