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data-file-height="900" /></a></span><div><a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Wroxeter" title="St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter">St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wroxeter is located in Shropshire"><img alt="Wroxeter is located in Shropshire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Shropshire_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1305" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.295%;left:52.391%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wroxeter"><img alt="Wroxeter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Wroxeter</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=52.669721~-2.650623&lvl=13&sp=Point.52.669721_-2.650623_Wroxeter&sty=s&style=s">SJ561082</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wroxeter_and_Uppington" title="Wroxeter and Uppington">Wroxeter and Uppington</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Unitary authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire_(district)" title="Shropshire (district)">Shropshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01743</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Mercia_Police" title="West Mercia Police">West Mercia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a 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.nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Shropshire" title="List of places in Shropshire">Shropshire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wroxeter&params=52_40_14_N_02_38_51_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°40′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">02°38′51″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.67056°N 2.64750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.67056; -2.64750</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wroxeter</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">ROK</span>-sit-ər</i></a>) is a village and former <a href="/wiki/Civil_parishes_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil parishes in England">civil parish</a>, now in the parish of <a href="/wiki/Wroxeter_and_Uppington" title="Wroxeter and Uppington">Wroxeter and Uppington</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_(district)" title="Shropshire (district)">Shropshire</a> district, in the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>, England. It is beside the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a>, 5 miles (8.0 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a>. In 1961 the parish had a population of 657.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Viroconium_Cornoviorum" title="Viroconium Cornoviorum">Viroconium Cornoviorum</a></i>, the fourth largest city in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a>, was sited here, and is gradually being excavated. In 2024, archaeologists uncovered a 2,000 year old mosaic depicting dolphins and fish.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The village contains one of Shropshire's commercial vineyards. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Viroconium_Cornoviorum" title="Viroconium Cornoviorum">Viroconium Cornoviorum</a></div> <p>Roman Wroxeter, near the end of the <a href="/wiki/Watling_Street" title="Watling Street">Watling Street</a> <a href="/wiki/Roman_road" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman road">Roman road</a> that ran across Romanised Celtic Britain from <i><a href="/wiki/Dubris" title="Dubris">Dubris</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a>), was a key frontier position lying on the bank of the River Severn whose valley penetrated deep into what later became known as <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, and also on a route south leading to the <a href="/wiki/River_Wye" title="River Wye">Wye</a> valley. </p><p>Archaeology has shown that the site of the later city first was established about AD 55 as a frontier post for a <a href="/wiki/Thracian" class="mw-redirect" title="Thracian">Thracian</a> legionary <a href="/wiki/Cohort_(military_unit)" title="Cohort (military unit)">cohort</a> located at a <a href="/wiki/Castra" title="Castra">fort</a> near the Severn river crossing.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years later a legionary fortress (<i><a href="/wiki/Castra" title="Castra">castrum</a></i>) was built within the site of the later city for the <a href="/wiki/Legio_XIV_Gemina" title="Legio XIV Gemina">Legio XIV Gemina</a> during their invasion of <a href="/wiki/Wales_in_the_Roman_era" title="Wales in the Roman era">Wales</a>. </p><p>The local British tribe of the Cornovii had their original capital (also thought to have been named *Uiroconion) at the <a href="/wiki/British_hillforts" class="mw-redirect" title="British hillforts">hillfort</a> on <a href="/wiki/The_Wrekin" title="The Wrekin">the Wrekin</a>. When the Cornovii were eventually subdued their capital was moved to Wroxeter and given its Roman name. </p><p>This legion XIV Gemina was later replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Legio_XX_Valeria_Victrix" title="Legio XX Valeria Victrix">Legio XX Valeria Victrix</a> which in turn relocated to <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> around AD 88. As the military abandoned the fortress the site was taken over by the Cornovians' civilian settlement. </p><p>The name of the settlement, meaning "Viroconium of the <a href="/wiki/Cornovii_(Midlands)" title="Cornovii (Midlands)">Cornovians</a>", preserves a <a href="/wiki/Britons_(Celtic_people)" class="mw-redirect" title="Britons (Celtic people)">native</a> <a href="/wiki/Common_Brittonic" title="Common Brittonic">Brittonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Celtic_placenames" class="mw-redirect" title="Celtic placenames">name</a> that has been <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_reconstruction" title="Linguistic reconstruction">reconstructed</a> as *<b>Uiroconion</b> ("[the city] of *Uirokū"), where *<i>Uiro-ku</i> (<abbr title="Literally">lit.</abbr> "man"-"wolf") is believed to have been a <a href="/wiki/Masculine_name" class="mw-redirect" title="Masculine name">masculine</a> <a href="/wiki/Given_name" title="Given name">given name</a> meaning "<a href="/wiki/Werewolf" title="Werewolf">werewolf</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Delamarre_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Delamarre-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wroxeter_baths,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg/220px-Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg/330px-Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg/440px-Wroxeter_baths%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1679" data-file-height="1166" /></a><figcaption>The ruins of <a href="/wiki/Viroconium" class="mw-redirect" title="Viroconium">Viroconium</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">public baths</a> at Wroxeter</figcaption></figure> <p>Viroconium prospered over the next century, with the construction of many public buildings, including <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">thermae</a> and a colonnaded <a href="/wiki/Forum_(Roman)" title="Forum (Roman)">forum</a>. At its peak, it is thought to have been the 4th-largest settlement in <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a>, with a population of more than 15,000.<sup id="cite_ref-frerejacques_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frerejacques-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Roman city is first documented in <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>'s 2nd century <i><a href="/wiki/Geography_(Ptolemy)" title="Geography (Ptolemy)">Geography</a></i> as one of the cities of the <a href="/wiki/Cornovii_(Midlands)" title="Cornovii (Midlands)">Cornovii</a> tribe, along with <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deva_Victrix" title="Deva Victrix">Deva Victrix</a>). </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Roman_withdrawal_from_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman withdrawal from Britain">Roman withdrawal from Britain</a> around AD 410, the Cornovians seem to have divided into <a href="/wiki/Pengwern" title="Pengwern">Pengwern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Powys" title="Kingdom of Powys">Powys</a>, although the territorial name may have continued into this period.<sup id="cite_ref-Strange_(2025)_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Strange_(2025)-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The minor <a href="/wiki/Magons%C3%A6te" title="Magonsæte">Magonsæte</a> sub-kingdom also emerged in the area in the interlude between Powysian and <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Mercian</a> rule. Viroconium may have served as the early <a href="/wiki/Sub-Roman_Britain" title="Sub-Roman Britain">post-Roman</a> capital of Powys prior to its removal to <a href="/wiki/Mathrafal" title="Mathrafal">Mathrafal</a> sometime before 717, following famine and plague in the area. The city has been variously identified with the <span class="nowrap"><b>Cair Urnarc</b></span><sup id="cite_ref-shusher_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shusher-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span class="nowrap"><b>Cair Guricon</b></span><sup id="cite_ref-nashford_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nashford-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which appeared in the 9th-century <i><a href="/wiki/Historia_Brittonum" title="Historia Brittonum">History of the Britons</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s list of the 28 <a href="/wiki/Civitas" title="Civitas">cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sub-Roman_Britain" title="Sub-Roman Britain">Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mommy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mommy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>N. J. Higham proposes that Wroxeter became the eponymous capital of an early sub-Roman kingdom known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Wreocens%C3%A6te" title="Wreocensæte">Wrocensaete</a></i>, which he asserts was the successor territorial unit to Cornovia. The literal meaning of <i>Wrocensaete</i> is 'those dwelling at <i>Wrocen</i>', which Higham interprets as Wroxeter. It may refer quite specifically to the royal court itself, in the first instance, and only by extension to the territory administered from the court.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Roman city was rediscovered in 1859 when workmen began excavating <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">the baths</a> complex.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Viroconium_Cornoviorum#villa" title="Viroconium Cornoviorum">replica Roman villa</a> was constructed in 2010 for a Channel 4 television programme called <i>Rome Wasn't Built in a Day</i> and was opened to the public on 19 February 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with <a href="/wiki/Uppington" title="Uppington">Uppington</a> to form "Uppington & Wroxeter".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="St_Andrew's"><span id="St_Andrew.27s"></span>St Andrew's</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: St Andrew's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Wroxeter" title="St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter">St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter</a></div> <p>At the centre of Wroxeter village is <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Wroxeter" title="St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter">Saint Andrew's parish church</a>, some of which is built from re-used Roman masonry. The oldest visible section of the church is the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_architecture" title="Anglo-Saxon architecture">Anglo-Saxon</a> part of the north wall which is built of Roman monumental stone blocks. The chancel and the lower part of the tower are <a href="/wiki/Norman_architecture" title="Norman architecture">Norman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gatepiers to the churchyard are a pair of Roman columns and the <a href="/wiki/Baptismal_font" title="Baptismal font">font</a> in the church was made by hollowing out the capital of a Roman column.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later additions to the church incorporate remains of an Anglo-Saxon preaching cross and carvings salvaged from nearby <a href="/wiki/Haughmond_Abbey" title="Haughmond Abbey">Haughmond Abbey</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Monasteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dissolution of the Monasteries">Dissolution of the Monasteries</a>. </p><p>St. Andrew's was declared <a href="/wiki/Redundant_church" title="Redundant church">redundant</a> in 1980 and is now managed by The <a href="/wiki/Churches_Conservation_Trust" title="Churches Conservation Trust">Churches Conservation Trust</a>. St. Andrew's parish is now united with that of St. Mary, <a href="/wiki/Eaton_Constantine" title="Eaton Constantine">Eaton Constantine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_reference">Literary reference</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary reference"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/A._E._Housman" title="A. E. Housman">A. E. Housman</a> visited the site and was impressed enough to write of "when Uricon the city stood", the poem ending "Today the Roman and his trouble Are ashes under Uricon."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Cornwell" title="Bernard Cornwell">Bernard Cornwell</a> has the main character of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Saxon_Stories" title="The Saxon Stories">The Saxon Stories</a></i> visit Wroxeter in <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Kings" title="Death of Kings">Death of Kings</a></i>, referring to it as an ancient Roman city that was "as big as London" and using it as an illustration of his pagan beliefs that the World will end in <a href="/wiki/Chaos_(cosmogony)" title="Chaos (cosmogony)">chaos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The village previously had a <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> team named Wroxeter Rovers. In 2017, the club relocated to nearby <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury" title="Shrewsbury">Shrewsbury</a> and was renamed to Shrewsbury Juniors, in order to provide a senior football team for children progressing through the club's junior football system to take part in after the age of 16–17.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The club were champions of the <a href="/wiki/Shropshire_County_Football_League" title="Shropshire County Football League">Shropshire County League</a> Premier Division in 2020-21. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Wroxeter_and_Uppington" title="Listed buildings in Wroxeter and Uppington">Listed buildings in Wroxeter and Uppington</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10367890/cube/TOT_POP">"Population statistics Wroxeter CP/AP through time"</a>. <a href="/wiki/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="A Vision of Britain through Time">A Vision of Britain through Time</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1997) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/eh_monographs_2014/contents.cfm?mono=1089053">The Baths Basilica Wroxeter Excavations: 1966–90</a>. English Heritage</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chadderton, J., Webster, G. (2002) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/eh_monographs_2014/contents.cfm?mono=1089060">The Legionary Fortress at Wroxeter: Excavations by Graham Webster, 1955–85.</a> English Heritage</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ellis, P. (2000) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/eh_monographs_2014/contents.cfm?mono=1089069"><i>The Roman Baths and Macellum at Wroxeter Excavations 1955–85</i>.</a> English Heritage</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">English Heritage has recently published a series of monographs on the excavations at Wroxeter from the 1950s to 1990s<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are available through the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/eh_monographs_2014/">Archaeology Data Service</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-12471007">BBC News</a> Reconstructed Roman villa unveiled at Wroxeter</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/shrewsbury.html">"Shrewsbury Registration District"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 June</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shrewsbury+Registration+District&rft.pub=UKBMD&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukbmd.org.uk%2Freg%2Fdistricts%2Fshrewsbury.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWroxeter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pevsner, Nicholas, Shropshire, 1958, p. 327</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aston & Bond, 1976, page 53</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFArchbishops'_Council2010" class="citation web cs1">Archbishops' Council (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.achurchnearyou.com/eaton-constantine-wroxeter-st-mary/">"Eaton Constantine S.Mary, Eaton Constantine"</a>. <i>A Church Near You</i>. <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=A+Church+Near+You&rft.atitle=Eaton+Constantine+S.Mary%2C+Eaton+Constantine&rft.date=2010&rft.au=Archbishops%27+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achurchnearyou.com%2Featon-constantine-wroxeter-st-mary%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWroxeter" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. E. Housman, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Shropshire_Lad" title="A Shropshire Lad">A Shropshire Lad</a></i>, poem XXXI, 1896</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernard Cornwell, <i><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Kings" title="Death of Kings">Death of Kings</a></i>, Part Two – "Angels", 2012</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wroxeter&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAstonBond1976" class="citation book cs1">Aston, Michael; Bond, James (1976). <i>The Landscape of Towns</i>. Archaeology in the Field Series. London: <a href="/wiki/J.M._Dent" class="mw-redirect" title="J.M. Dent">J.M. Dent</a> & Sons Ltd. pp. <span class="nowrap">45–</span>48, <span class="nowrap">51–</span>54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-460-04194-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-460-04194-0"><bdi>0-460-04194-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Landscape+of+Towns&rft.place=London&rft.series=Archaeology+in+the+Field+Series&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E45-%3C%2Fspan%3E48%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E51-%3C%2Fspan%3E54&rft.pub=J.M.+Dent+%26+Sons+Ltd&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-460-04194-0&rft.aulast=Aston&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft.au=Bond%2C+James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWroxeter" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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