Wroxeter, Shropshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Wroxeter. You may be able to find further references to Wroxeter in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Wroxeter parish Bartholomew
WROXETER a village and a parish Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Wroxeter.

Place Type of entry Source
Donnington hamlet Bartholomew
DONNINGTON a township Imperial
Dryton hamlet Bartholomew
DRYTON a township Imperial
Eyton upon Severn hamlet Bartholomew
EYTON-UPON-SEVERN a township Imperial
RUSHTON a township Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Wroxeter within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Shropshire and Cheshire 12
William Camden Rest of Wales 1
Thomas Pennant Lichfield 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Donnington 0 2
Uppington 0 2
Eaton Constantine 0 2
Leighton 0 2
Wrekin 2 2
Withington 0 2
Atcham 0 2
Berwick 0 2
Cound 0 2
Cressage 0 2
Sheinton 0 3
Berrington 0 2
Wrockwardine 0 2
Upton Magna 0 2
Rodington 0 2
Little Wenlock 0 2
Haughmond 1 2
Buildwas 2 2
Pitchford 1 2
Betton Strange 0 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Wroxeter. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CAER URUACH William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
URICOCINIUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
URICONIUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
UROCONIUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
VIRICONIUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
VIROCONINUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WRECINCEASTRE John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WREKCETER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WREKEN CEASETER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WROXCESTER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WROXCETER William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
WROXETER John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.