The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near ShrewsburyWright, Thomas
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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury
Wright, Thomas
Romans -- England -- Wroxeter; Wroxeter (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
PARTIES from a distance wishing to visit the ruins of the ancient
URICONIUM, at Wroxeter, will find every comfort and accommodation at the
Lion, the Raven, the George, and the Crown Hotels, Shrewsbury.
WROXETER is a little more than five miles from Shrewsbury. Conveyances
may be obtained at the Railway Station, Shrewsbury; at any of the
above-named Hotels; and at Howells’s Livery Stables, Cross Hill. Parties
of any reasonable number may be conveyed by either of the latter, on
giving them two days’ notice by letter.
UPTON MAGNA, on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line of Railway, is
the nearest Station to Wroxeter, from whence it is distant about two
miles and a half, a pleasant walk for an active person.
THE MUSEUM of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and
Antiquarian Society, College Hill, where all the moveable articles from
Wroxeter are deposited, is open DAILY to visitors, from 10 till 4, on
payment of sixpence each, and by an order from a Subscriber GRATUITOUSLY.
DONATIONS to the Wroxeter Fund will be gladly received by the Honorary
Secretary, DR. H. JOHNSON, Dogpole, Shrewsbury.
List of Plates.
FROM DRAWINGS BY MR. HILLARY DAVIES, OF SHREWSBURY.
PLATE
The North Side of the Old Wall, at Wroxeter 1
Wroxeter Church, Shropshire (Vignette) 2
First Roman Hypocaust discovered at Uriconium in 1859 3
Roman Tile-Roof, Roman Flag-Roof, Section of Roman 4
Hypocaust, &c.
Plan of Walls, discovered by the Excavations at Wroxeter, 5
Salop, from February 3rd to September, 1863
Column in the Garden of W. H. Oatley, Esq., Wroxeter 6
Ancient Stone Font in Wroxeter Church 7
Capitals found at Uriconium 8
Samian, Upchurch, and Romano-Salopian Pottery 9
Rings and Combs (actual size) 10
Hair Pins, &c. (actual size) 11
Skulls from Wroxeter 12
Roman Remains from Wroxeter, in the possession of Samuel 13
Wood, Esq., and Mask, in the Museum, Shrewsbury.
Upchurch Pottery, Adz, Spear Head, and Romano-Salopian 14
(Red) Ware
Carved Stone Fragments from Uriconium, in the Garden of 15
Edward Stanier, Esq., Wroxeter
Sepulchral Stone 16
The Ruins of Uriconium.
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