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Colchester in Essex can lay claim to being Britain's first "civitas" the latin word for city. It also claims to be the oldest recorded town.
Colchester was Britain's first capital, and thus strongly thought to be the oldest city.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoAmesbury in Wiltshire is the oldest settlement dating to 8820 BC. The oldest city, predating records, are Canterbury, Carlisle, Chichester, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Lincoln, London, Salisbury, Winchester Bangor, York. The oldest from date of incorporation is Newcastle, dated 1080. Please note however, a city may have only recently officially become a city, but may have been around for millenia, but without city status
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∙ 14y agoMalmesbury, Wiltshire claims to be the oldest town in England (Colchester, Essex claims to be the oldest town in Britain) DISCUSS
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∙ 13y agoColchester is Britains oldest recorded town
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∙ 11y agoIt is Colchester. I live there.
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∙ 15y agoHadleyville was founded 600 B.C.
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No, Canterbury is the oldest predating records however, since records were formalised the oldest is Coventry 1345. The oldest town - Colchester claims to be Britain's oldest recorded town. Its claim is based on a reference by Pliny the Elder, a Roman writer, in his Natural History (Historia Naturalis) of 77 AD. He described Anglesey (in Wlaes) as "about 200 miles from Camulodunum, a town in Britain". Camulodunum was the Roman name for Colchester.
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