Leicester Question, do you know Webbo?

[Joe_Fox]

Leicester’s history goes back to the Iron Age. The original inhabitants, the Corieltauvi tribe, gave their name to the settlement of the conquering Romans, Ratae Corieltauvorum which prospered as a trading centre on the Fosse Way. Evidence of the Roman past can still be found in the modern city. There are numerous mosaics gathered in the Jewry Wall Museum, built alongside a Roman wall and baths.

 

[Dunc]

Leicestrians apparently

http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/CityProfiles/Leicester/

In fact, Leicester is one of the oldest cities in England, with a history going back nearly 2000 years. The Roman city of Ratae Coritanorum was founded in AD 50 as a military settlement upon the Fosse Way Roman road. The city was named after the Corieltauvi, the Celtic tribe that dwelt in the area before the Romans arrived.

Ratae Coritanorum grew into an important trading and military centre and one of the largest towns in Roman Britain. The remains of the baths of Roman Leicester can be seen at the Jewry Wall, and other Roman artefacts are displayed in the Jewry Wall museum adjacent to the site.

The Roman town was largely abandoned when the Romans left Britain in the 5th century, but was later re-settled by Saxons. In the 9th century, Leicester was captured by the Danes (Vikings) and became one of the five boroughs (fortified towns) of Danelaw, although this position was short lived. The Saxon Bishop of Leicester fled to Dorchester-on-Thames and Leicester was not to become a bishopric again until the 20th century.

It is believed the name "Leicester" is derived from the words castra (camp) of the Ligore, meaning dwellers on the 'River Legro' (an early name for the River Soar). In the early 10th century it was recorded as Ligeraceaster = "the town of the Ligor people". The Domesday book later recorded it as Ledecestre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester

 

[Macky]

Leicester’s history goes back to the Iron Age. The original inhabitants, the Corieltauvi tribe, gave their name to the settlement of the conquering Romans, Ratae Corieltauvorum which prospered as a trading centre on the Fosse Way. Evidence of the Roman past can still be found in the modern city. There are numerous mosaics gathered in the Jewry Wall Museum, built alongside a Roman wall and baths.

it is polite to include a link to your source, or was all that just lingering in the back of your head somewhere, did you do a project on it in junior school? :icon_lol: :icon_lol:

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