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  • ...ribe of the most barbarous practices, and in ''The Decline and Fall or the Roman Empire'' Gibbon (who wrote during the Enlightenment) commented: *{{i-Museum}} David Livingstone Centre, in [[Blantyre]]
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  • *{{i-Museum}} [http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/roman/ National Roman Legion Museum], [[Caerleon]] .../www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=museumheritage.museum Newport Museum], [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]]
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  • ...he Parrett is tidal almost to [[Langport]], where there is evidence of two Roman wharves.<ref name=hadfield>Hadfield, Charles (1999). ''Canals of Southern E ...hich gave their name to the city of [[Bath]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Roman Baths Treatment Centre | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.
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  • * St Mary's Cathedral: a Roman Catholic cathedral in Gothic style, erected in 1859. ...nald Bequest, a collection of late nineteenth century works donated by the museum's first benefactor and a constantly changing collection of contemporary wor
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  • ...e Natural Baths''', by Henry Currey, sit on the site of the original Roman baths. The building was opened in 1854 and re-developed as an arcade in 1987, fea The part open to the public has chambers named the "Roman Chamber", "Great Dome", "Poached Egg Chamber" and "Sculpture Chamber" and i
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  • ...o.uk/WightCAM/HTML/IslandAttractions/PostalMuseum.htm Isle of Wight Postal Museum], WightCAM - photographically illustrated walks on the Isle of Wight.</ref> ...280 AD. The villa featured underfloor heating, and elaborate hot and cold baths, sauna and massage rooms and a large kitchen</ref>
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  • ...eon is of great archaeological importance; it is most famous as the site a Roman legionary fortress known as ''Isca Augusta'' and an Iron Age hill fort. The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. Caerleon also has str
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  • ...ng the "the senate and people of Liverpool", a local variant of the famous Roman ''SPQR''. ...sid=4&mode=html&sorStr=&serStr=&pgeInt=&catStr= |title=Merseyside Maritime Museum, Sheet No. 4: Battle of the Atlantic |publisher=Liverpoolmuseums.org.uk |da
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  • Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Britain as ''Isca Dumnoniorum'' and has been an inh ...or Devonians"), suggests that the city was of Celtic origin, predating the Roman city founded in about 50&nbsp;AD. ''Isca'' is derived from a Brythonic Celt
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  • ...ages/toursCollectors1.asp] ''museumoflondon.org.uk''</ref> now held by the Museum of London. The Celtic knot pattern (the 'Brentford Knot') on this item has ...century a hefty stake was found in the river, possibly one of those which Roman historians report were driven into the river by the Britons to hinder the R
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  • ...s can shop at stalls selling a range of produce. Acton's library, swimming baths (built in 1904) and Town Hall are examples of tall Victorian municipal buil ...t changed its site to Elstree, the Acton site becoming the Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic High School.
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  • ...the works water supply was adapted to provide drinking water and a public baths. The railway also opened a cheese market in 1854 and a clothing factory for *Roman Catholic: St Mary's ''(which has a weekly mass in Polish)''
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  • ...e three main Roman army bases, Deva later became a major settlement in the Roman province of Britannia. ...ubstantial expansion and development. Chester Town Hall and the Grosvenor Museum are examples of the grand Victorian architecture of this period.
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  • ...awater Jubilee Bathing Pool (one of the oldest surviving Art Deco swimming baths in the country), built at the beginning of the 20th century during Penzance *Roman Catholic: Church of the Immaculate Conception
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  • |author =Solent Sky Museum ...a traitor who had murdered king Togodumnus during the early stages of the Roman invasion of Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annomundi.com/history/ch
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  • ...before the Romans came in the 1st century AD, and since then it has been a Roman town, then the capital of the Kingdom of Kent, a major mediƦval town and n ...historical structures remain in the city, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey an
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  • ...to ancient graves found near the Kype Water to the south of the district. Roman coins and footwear have also been found in the area. ...culture complex with a 1,000-seat theatre, a 500-seat conference centre, a museum and a new town square.
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  • ...was a Roman settlement at Wilderspool.<ref>.Hinchcliffe J & Williams J H, ROMAN WARRINGTON: Excavations at Wilderspool 1966 - 9 & 1976,Brigantia Monograph ...t hall (the Parr Hall), an arts centre (the Pyramid), a museum (Warrington Museum & Art Gallery), and various public libraries throughout the borough. Warrin
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  • Ancient Roman pavements and baths remain in Leicester from its early settlement as ''Ratae Corieltauvorum''. ===Roman===
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  • ...d the archaeological remains include what is considered the best-preserved Roman wall in the [[British Isles]]. ...manor house (now Manor Farm), which are in the eastern part of the former Roman town.
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