Aldborough, Yorkshire
| Aldborough | |
| Yorkshire North Riding | |
|---|---|
 Aldborough village green | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE405662 |
| Location: | 54°5’28"N, 1°22’52"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Harrogate |
Aldborough is a village in in the North Riding of Yorkshire, within the civil parish of Boroughbridge, though older than the latter.
Aldborough is built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum, named after the Brigantes, the main British tribe in the north, and Issurium served as a tribal capital.
History
Isurium Brigantum marked the crossing of Dere Street, the Roman Road from York to the River Ure. Isurium may have been the base of the Legio VIIII Hispana; the Ninth Legion, and was the administrative centre of the Brigantes, the most populous British tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation. The Aldborough Roman Site museum, run by English Heritage, contains relics of the Roman town, including mosaic pavements.
Aldborough lost much of its importance when the river crossing was moved to Boroughbridge in Norman times; it thus became the "Old Borough"; Aldborough. In the Middle Ages it was made a Parliamentary Borough, and returned two Members to Parliament until the seat was abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832.
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