Colchester is a city in north-eastern Essex, England. At the 2021 census its built up area had a population of 130,245, making it the second-largest settlement in Essex after Southend-on-Sea, and it gives its name to the wider Colchester local government district. Its people are called Colcestrians. The city occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital, and so claims to be Britain's first city. It has been an important military base since Roman times and the Colchester Garrison now houses the 16th Air Assault Brigade. Colchester stands on the River Colne, 50 miles north-east of London, linked to the capital by the A12 road and the Great Eastern Main Line railway. Colchester Castle, built in the eleventh century on Roman foundations, now contains a museum, and the University of Essex has its main campus between Colchester and Wivenhoe.
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Margaret Lucas was born in 1623 in Colchester, Essex.
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1. Colchester (Wikipedia)
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At the 2021 census the built up area had a population of 130,245
History section, Roman Colchester
Soon after the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43, a Roman legionary fortress was established
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is a city in north-eastern Essex, England
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is a city in north-eastern Essex, England
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Colchester ( KO(H)L-chest-ər, -chist-) is a city in north-eastern Essex, England.
View the Source2. GeoNames: GeoNames search results for Colchester
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United Kingdom pop. 130,245 elev. ca. 29 m Europe/London
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 0.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 0.75
51.75 0.75 Cfb
4. GeoNames: Colchester - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2652618, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 2652618, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
51.88921 0.90421 P PPL GB ENG E4 22UG 130245 29 Europe/London
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