colchester

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A town in Essex, England (the oldest town in England)
A town in Essex, England
Burned by Boudicca's warriors AD 60, it was reestablished and received its first charter in 1189. In the 13th century it was a major port. It has a long history in both cloth making and oyster trading. It is the site of England's largest castle keep (built 1080), which now houses a museum of Romano-British antiquities
a town in Essex, southeast England. It was the Roman capital of Britain and claims to be the oldest town in the UK. ancient Camulodunum City and borough (pop., 2001: 155,794), southeastern England. In ancient times, the city was the capital of the powerful pre-Roman ruler Cunobelinus. After his death, the enmity of his sons toward Rome encouraged the Roman invasion of Britain, and it became the first Roman colony there, founded by Claudius AD