A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ROCHESTER, a village and a township in Elsdon parish, Northumberland. The village stands on Watling-street, near the river Reed, 5 miles N W of Otterburn; bears the name of High Rochester, to distinguish it from three other small places in the county; occupiespart of the site of the Roman Bremenium, on the brow of a rugged eminence; and has a post-office, of the name of Rochester, under Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Bremeniumwas a great Roman station, and a stipendiary city; and has left extensive and interesting remains. The fortifiedarea comprises about 6 acres; is still enclosed, on twosides, by three walls; has remains of an inner wall, 7 feetthick; retains well-preserved masonry of the W gate, and distinct traces of the street-lines and their houses; wasexcavated, shortly before 1864, by order of the Duke of Northumberland; and yielded, both then and previously, a great number and variety of Roman relics. Two peel-towers, built out of Roman masonry, are within the area- The township bears the name of Rochester-Ward, and comprises 22,068 acres. Pop., 406. Houses, 74. Most of the land is moor and mountain-Horsley church is 1½mile from the village; and there is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Elsdon AP/CP Rochester CP/Tn Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | HIGH ROCHESTER | ROCHESTER |
| Place: | Rochester |
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