Wroxeter
Sign in to saveWroxeter ( ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is beside the River Severn, east-south-east of Shrewsbury. In 1961 the parish had a population of 657.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wroxeter
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wroxeter
- UK place.static_image_name
- St. Andrews Church Wroxeter - geograph.org.uk - 1754377.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ561082
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wroxeter and Uppington
- UK place.unitary_england
- Shropshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Shropshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Shrewsbury and Atcham
- UK place.post_town
- Shrewsbury
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Wroxeter and Uppington
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Severn
- Capital of
- Kingdom of Powys
- Official website
- www.2shrop.net/wupc
- Image
- WroxeterRomanCity.jpg
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- St Andrew's
- Literary reference
- Sport
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Wroxeter ( ) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wroxeter and Uppington, in the Shropshire district, in the ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It is beside the River Severn, east-south-east of Shrewsbury. In 1961 the parish had a population of 657.
Viroconium Cornoviorum, the fourth largest city in Roman Britain, was sited here, and is gradually being excavated. In 2024, archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old mosaic depicting dolphins and fish.