Wroxeter

Wroxeter

Wroxeter (spr. róxĭter), Dorf in Shropshire (England), am Severn, 9 km südöstlich von Shrewsbury und am Fuße des Wrekin (377 m hoch), mit aller gotischer Kirche und ausgedehnten Ruinen der römischen Stadt Viroconium (fälschlich Uriconium) und (1901) 566 Einw.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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