Lanchester, County Durham
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Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles west of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.
All Saints’ Church, Lanchester
A lidar view of Lanchester's Roman fort.
Methodist Church, Lanchester
Longovicium
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Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles
Lanchester, County Durham
…It is now a residential village in which a number of housing estates have been developed since the late 1960s. Lanchester was first known by the name Longovicium in the 2nd century AD, which is derived from Common Brittonic longo- ("ship") + *wicā- ("a Roman vicus"). The Lan- part of the modern name is from Old…
Roman walls of Longovicium
Roman north Britain 155 AD
Roman north Britain 370 AD
Building dedication (bath) to Emperor Gordian III from Cohors I Lingonum found in Lanchester