79 Gen: Roman Colchester Etc. (79.html)
Maps of the ancient Roman city of Camulodunum (aka Victricensis) exist today, as shown below. It is interesting to compare
the Colne and Roman rivers near present-day Colchester with those of Camulodunum c200 BC in the maps and aerial photo below.
The geographry of these rivers has changed very little in the past 2000 years.
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Map of Roman Camulodunum
(Green Area #1 on next map)
(Ancient Colchester).
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Map of Roman Colonia Victricensis and
surrounding area. Roman Circus is labelled as #2.
(Ancient Colchester).
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Map of Colchester, Essex in 2015.
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Aerial View Colchester, Essex 2015.
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On the map (on the left immediadely above) Abbey Field is slightly southwest of the juncture of B1025 and the A134 (formerly the A1124 as labelled on this map).
This page was created beginning with information from Wikipedia. In Roman times, Colchester was known as Camulodunum, later as Victricensis. Its Celtic name was "Camulodunon", meaning "the fortress of Camulos".
The name of the town and the River Colne are also a legacy of the Romans. "Colchester" (first appearing in written form in the
10th Century as Colencaester and Colneceastre) is a Saxon name derived from the Latin words Colonia (meaning "settled land, farm") and Castra (meaning "camp"), [Source 3] with the
River Colne also taking its name from Colonia [source 3].
Roman Colchester
Roman Colchester Streets 001" by
Razumukhin - Graphic software. Licensed under
CC BY-SA 3.0 via
Wikimedia Commons as of 2015 D Apr 22
Map of Ancient Roman Circus in Colchester (2015)
An ancient Roman Circus was located at the north-east corner of Abbey Field, at the intersection of Napier Road
and Flagstaff Road in Colchester, Essex, England (Source 5). It is the only Roman Circus known to have existed in England.
In 2015, roads have been built on top of the ancient Roman Circus in Colchester. The main purpose of such a Roman
Circus was for chariot races. Today in Europe, there exist the remains of many Roman Circus sites that were built by the Romans in the
period 200 BC to 200 AD. A list of known Roman Circus sites can be found in Source 6 below. Few of the Roman Circus sites have been
preserved.
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Map locating Roman Circus in Colchester, Essex in 2015.
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Map without Roman Circus in Colchester, Essex in 2015.
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Abbey Field GoogleMaps 2019
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On the 2 leftmost maps, one can identify both the Circular Road North (becoming Napier Road) and Mersea Road. Abbey Field (identified on all 3 maps) is plainly visible in the map on the right, just southwest of the juncture of the A134 and the B1025. On this map, Abbey Field is labelled as the large green area on the left. On the extreme right of the rightmost map, the A134 (formerly the A1124) is seen to jog south to pass over the River Colne via a bridge.
Other Roman Notes in Related Articles
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WaterEnd House is less than 2 miles away from Wheathampstead. Wheathampstead has a small area known as Devil's Dyke. Devil's Dyke is where Caesar's army had one of the earliest wars with the citizens of England (c 100 B.C.). More information can be found in Source 7: Gen: Waterend House Area (built in 1610) (35.html).
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A legend exists that states that Old King Cole had a daughter named Helen Cole. She is said to have married a powerful Roman General named Constantius for whom she bore a son named Constantine. Furthermore Constantine eventually became Constantine the Great, whose power extended all around the Meditteranean Sea. More can be found in Source 8: Princess Helena Cole (68.html).
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Our Cole/Richard family tree extends back to Henry I and William the Conqueror and even to Charlemagne. The complete list can be seen in Source 9: Descendancy from William the Conqueror and Source 10: Descendancy: Charlemagne to William I (44.html).
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Cole Ancestors (with no proven connection to me) extend back to William Cole I (1040-1070) and through him to Justice Cole I (960-1001) to Welsh Royals such as Ingwy Ingui of Bernicia (380-442). Search for them at FamilySearch.org in Source 11.
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Around 1630, Segar wrote the first pedigree of the family of COLE (going back around 1040 AD. He wrote it on a long roll. In 1867, James Edwin-COLE updated it. Recently I have edited a text-readable version of this book. I have made this text available on the web at Source 12. I have also uploaded a family tree of the major COLE entities in the book (and their families) at Source 13. This non-legendary family tree (including sources) goes back over 1000 years, but not as far back as the Romans.
WebSources
Web Source S079:01: Camulodunum 
Wikipedia Article
Web Source S079:02: Colchester Photos 
Web Source S079:03:
City of Victory; the story of Colchester - Britain's first Roman town 
by Crummy, Philip (1997),
Published by Colchester Archaeological Trust (ISBN 1 897719 04 3)
Web Source S079:04: A History of Celtic Britain
(4 part TV Series, 2011) Cast: Crummy, Philip et al
Web Source S079:05: Roman Circus in Colchester
Scheduled Monument Number 46327
Web Source S079:06: Wikipedia: Roman Circus List of all known Roman Circus sites
Web Source S079:07: Waterend House and Area (built in 1610) (35.html) by David KC Cole
Web Source S079:08: Princess Helena Cole (68.html) by David KC Cole
Web Source S079:09: Descendancy from William the Conqueror to Cole (39.html) by David KC Cole
Web Source S079:10: Descendancy: Charlemagne to William I (44.html) by David KC Cole
Web Source S079:11: FamilySearch (free but needs you to create a user account) by the Morman church
Web Source S079:12: www
Book: Coles Of Devon, 1867 (25.html) by James Edwin Cole (1835-1920) webpage by David KC Cole as of 2019 J Oct 17
Web Source S079:13: Coles Of Devon Family Tree (James Edwin-Cole) Web-Based Tree created by David KC COLE
WebMaster: Ye Old King Cole
Date Created : 2015 D Apr 22
Date Updated: 2023 I Sep 20
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