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The Bulletin
Fix this textSWAN RIVER CHIEFTAIN— page 25
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 76—No. 3908
Fix this textWednesday, January 5, 1955
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textCOLCHESTER, AMONG THE
Fix this textEARLIEST OF
Fix this textROMAN TOWNS IN BRITAIN
Fix this textT ONG before the Romans sent their
Fix this textlegions across the English Channel,
Fix this textColchester, or Camulodunum as it was
Fix this textthen called, was an important centre on
Fix this textthe River Colne in Essex. Nearly two
Fix this textthousand years ago it was the Royal seat
Fix this textof King Cunobelinus, who was later
Fix this textimmortalised by Shakespeare in his play
Fix this text“Cymbeline.” Many coins of this period
Fix this textfound in Colchester are preserved in one
Fix this textof the town’s museums.
Fix this textIn a.d. 44 the Roman emperor-Claudius
Fix this textcaptured the town and established there
Fix this texta colony of veterans, making Colchester
Fix this textone of the first Roman towns in Britain.
Fix this textSeventeen years later Boadicea, the
Fix this textBritish Warrior Queen, at the head of her
Fix this texttribes, the Iceni and Trinobantes, routed
Fix this textthe Roman garrison and put Colchester
Fix this textto fire and sword.
Fix this textRevenge was exacted by the Roman
Fix this textgeneral Suetonius, and Boadicea, seeing
Fix this textthe rout and slaughter of the army which
Fix this textshe had led from her famous chariot,
Fix this textended her life by taking poison. Soon
Fix this textafter this event the Romans built a wall
Fix this textto protect the town, and today the remains
Fix this textof this wall can still be seen in Colchester.
Fix this textIt extends for a mile and a half, and one
Fix this textsection adjoins the ancient r Church of
Fix this textSt. Mary-at-the-Walls. This 15th-
Fix this textcentury church was damaged during the
Fix this text76-day siege of 1648 when Cromwell’s
Fix this textIronsides rose against King Charles and
Fix this textthe town was garrisoned by Royalist
Fix this textforces. After the bitter fighting all that
Fix this textremained of the church was the lower
Fix this textportion of the tower, and upon this, in
Fix this textlater years, was erected a belfry in red
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Fix this textThe oldest church tower in Colchester,
Fix this texthowever, is that of Holy Trinity, shown
Fix this textin the accompanying illustration. The
Fix this texttower dates from the year 1050 and is a
Fix this textfine example of late Saxon architecture.
Fix this textIn the north chapel of the church is a
Fix this textmonument commemorating William
Fix this textGilberd, M.D., physician to Queen Eliza-
Fix this textbeth I, who was also a pioneer of
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