Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHESTER CAMP

CHESTER CAMP, a Roman camp in Irchester parish, Northampton; on the river Nen, 2 miles SE of Wellingborough. It occupies 18 acres; had a vallum 9 feet thick: and has yielded Roman coins, bricks, pavements, and altars.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a Roman camp"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Irchester Parish       Northamptonshire Ancient County

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