The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury
by Thomas Wright
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877
- Credits
- Transcribed from the fourth, 1863, edition by David Price
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Wroxeter (England) -- Antiquities, Roman
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 62425
- Release Date
- June 19, 2020
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE RUINS OF THE ROMAN CITY OF Uriconium , AT WROXETER, NEAR SHREWSBURY.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.TO VISITORS.
- 4.List of Plates.
- 5.The Ruins of Uriconium.
- 6.Catalogue of Wroxeter Antiquities in the Museum at Shrewsbury. — I. OBJECTS CONNECTED WITH THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. — II. OBJECTS FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES. — III. IMPLEMENTS AND UTENSILS. — IV. — PERSONAL ORNAMENTS. — COINS. — CINERARY URNS. — V. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. — Human Remains.
- 7.APPENDIX.
- 8.PLATES. — Plate 1: The north side of the Old Wall at Wroxeter — Plate 2: Wroxeter Church, Shropshire (Vignette) — Plate 3: First Roman Hypocaust Discovered at Uriconium 1859 — Plate 4: Roman Tile-Roof, Roman Flag-Roof, Section of Roman Hypocaust, &c. — Plate 5: Plan of Walls, discovered by the Excavations at Wroxeter, Salop, from February 3rd to September, 1863. — Plate 6: Column in the garden of W. H. Oatley Esq., Wroxeter — Plate 7: Ancient Stone Font in Wroxeter Church — Plate 8: Capitals found at Uriconium — Plate 9: Samian, Upchurch, and Romano-Salopian Pottery — Plate 10: Rings and Combs — Plate 11: Hair Pins &c. — Plate 12: Skulls from Wroxeter — Plate 13: Roman Remains from Wroxeter — Plate 14: Upchurch Pottery, Adz, Spear Head, and Romano-Salopian (Red) Ware — Plate 15: Carved stone fragments from Uriconium, in the Garden of Edward Stanier, Esq., Wroxeter — Plate 16: Sepulchral Stone
- 9.ADVERTISEMENTS. [102] — WATERPROOF TWEED CLOAKS. — LION HOTEL, SHREWSBURY. — LONDON JEWELLERY ESTABLISHMENT, 38, HIGH-STREET, SHREWSBURY. — Shrewsbury & Wroxeter Illustrated. — VINCENT CRUMP,
- 10.FOOTNOTES.
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