Roman Middlewich c. 50AD - Middlewich, UK - Ancient Roman Civilization on Waymarking.com

There are information boards along the canal and in the town centre. As well as information about the Roman occupation each board has two aerial views of the area. One map is a modern aerial photograph showing where you are in modern times, and a second aerial view drawing showing where you would have been in the Roman times.

There is also a timeline of Roman occupation in the area on the board.

Although the Trent & Mersey Canal was only built in 1777, at this part of its route it runs very close to the River Croco and so locations on the canal map very closely to the original river locations.

Roman Middlewich
Piecing the past together

The Roman Middlewich Project is a partnership between Cheshire County Council, Congleton Borough Council, Middlewich Town Council, Middlewich Heritage Society, Gifford and Partners Consulting Engineers and is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund with assistance from English Heritage.

Roman Middlewich c. 50AD

In 48AD Ostarius Scapula, Governor of the new Roman province Britannia, embarked on a series of military campaigns designed to complete the calming of the relations with Wales and to secure the conquest of northern Britain. In this period the first elements of the Roman Army passed through Middlewich on their way to the Mersey crossing at Warrington. The people of the area are known to have been allies of Rome and there is every reason to assume that relations with the locals were on the whole peaceful, if not friendly.

A temporary marching camp of the Roman Army has been set upin the Harbutt's Field area. Local British homesteads are scattered throughout the neighbourhood. Many of the tracks will one day become Roman roads. the natural ford across the River Croco, near where the bridge is today, dominatesd the foreground.

43 AD	Roman Invasion of Britain
48 AD	Temporary camp built in Middlewich by the Roman army
70 AD	permanent fort built in Middlewich for an auxiliary regiment of the Roman army
c.130 AD	Midddlewich fort dismantled
150-250 AD	Middlewich dominated by saltworks
300 AD	Saltworks have declined but Middlewich remains a major crossroads
c.350AD	Middlewich saltworks under church control?
c.400 - 450 AD	End of Roman Britain

Most Relevant Historical Period: Roman Empire > 27 B.C. Admission Fee: None Opening days/times: In a publicly accessible location Condition: No remaining traces Web Site: Not listed

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