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Verulamium was a town in Roman Britain. It was sited southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England. The major ancient Roman route Watling Street passed through the city, but was realigned in medieval times to bring trade to St Albans. It was about a day's walk from London.
Verulamium Park is a park in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Set in over 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of parkland, Verulamium Park was purchased from the Earl of Verulam in 1929 by the then City Corporation. Today the park is owned and operated by St Albans City and District Council. The park is named after the Roman city of Verulamium on which it stands ...
Looking across the Roman theatre towards St Michael's Church, St Albans. The Roman Theatre at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an excavated site within the Roman walled city of Verulamium. Although there are other Roman theatres in Britain (for example at Camulodunum), the one at Verulamium is claimed to be the only example of its kind ...
Verulamium Park in St Albans, which was once the site of the third-largest city in Roman Britain, was used for scenes in the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory prequel, starring Timothée Chalamet ...
The Abbots of St Albans diverted Watling Street away from the ruins of Verulamium into the medieval town. Three main roads date from the medieval period—Holywell Hill, St Peter's Street, and Fishpool Street—each of which had a pilgrim church founded in the ninth century by Abbot Ulsinus at the entrance to the town: St Stephen's , St Peter's ...
St Albans Museums is a collection of museums and historic buildings in the city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England [1] that is run by St Albans City and District Council. [2] It oversees St Albans Museum + Gallery and the Verulamium Museum, [2] and also the Hypocaust Museum at Verulamium, St Albans' medieval Clock Tower, and the ruins of ...
A bird that is rarely seen inland across the UK, has been spotted 38 miles (62 km) from the coast. The yellow-browed warbler was sighted wintering around Verulamium Lake in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
The Hypocaust Museum is a museum at St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Situated in Verlamium Park, the museum provides in situ conservation and interpretation of a hypocaust within the walled city of Verulamium. The system heated residential accommodation built around 200 CE. [1] Unlike the hypocaust at Welwyn, it appears not to be linked to baths.