Colchester (/ ˈ k oʊ l tʃ ɛ s t ər / KOHL-cheh-stə) is a town (that is to be classified as a city from 23 November 2022) in Essex, in the East of England.It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colchester therefore claims to be Britain's oldest recorded …

Colchester Castle is a Norman castle in Colchester, Essex, England, dating from the second half of the eleventh century.The keep of the castle is mostly intact and is the largest example of its kind anywhere in Europe, due to its being built on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius, Colchester.The castle endured a three-month siege in 1216, but had fallen into …

Colchester is a historic town located in Essex, England.It served as the first capital of Roman Britain and is the oldest recorded town in Britain.It was raided by the Vikings during the 9th and 10th centuries. It also served as an essential location for the medieval cloth trade.

Witham (/ ˈ w ɪ t ə m /) is a town in the county of Essex in the East of England, with a population (2011 census) of 25,353. It is part of the District of Braintree and is twinned with the town of Waldbröl, Germany.Witham stands between the city of Chelmsford (8 miles to the south-west) and the City of Colchester (13 miles to the north-east), on the Roman road between the two.

Colchester County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 51,476 the county is the fourth largest in Nova Scotia. Colchester County is located in north central Nova Scotia. ... Colchester was applied in 1780 to the district previously called "Cobequid," and was derived from the town of Colchester in Essex.

It was one of the only two towns in Essex (Colchester was the other), and King Edward the Elder is thought to have lived here while combating the Danish settlers who had overrun North Essex and parts of East Anglia.A Viking raid was beaten off in 924, but in another raid in 991 the defenders were defeated in the Battle of Maldon and the Vikings received tribute but …

L'Essex (pronuncia [ɛsɨks]) è una contea dell'Inghilterra orientale.Confina con la contea della Grande Londra a sud-ovest, con lo Hertfordshire a ovest, il Cambridgeshire e il Suffolk a nord e il Kent a sud.. Se come contea cerimoniale comprende 14 distretti, in realtà come contea amministrativa ne possiede soltanto 12 poiché Thurrock e Southend-on-Sea, essendo autorità …

History. The Parliamentary Borough of Colchester had sent two members to Parliament since the Model Parliament of 1295. In 1885, representation was reduced to one, being one of 36 English boroughs and three Irish boroughs to which this occurred under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, the Parliamentary Borough was …

Grays (or Grays Thurrock) is the largest town in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, former civil parish and one of Thurrock's traditional (Church of England) parishes.The town, on the north bank of the River Thames, is approximately 20 miles (32 km) to the east of central London, and 2 miles (3.2 km) east of the M25 motorway.

Essex Junction is a city in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 10,590. It was incorporated as a village on November 15, 1892. Essex Junction became Vermont’s 10th city on July 1, 2022. Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides daily service via its station in Essex Junction, one of two rail stations in Chittenden …