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Wroxeter Roman City, Wroxeter, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Another historic site I used to manage.

Wroxeter was once the fourth largest town in Roman Britain. It was almost the same size as Pompeii in Italy and its true size can best be judged by the scale of the surviving defences and the much-denuded ramparts. Founded in the mid-1st century AD as a legionary fortress, the town was established in the early 90s, and inhabited for the next five hundred plus years until the 7th century. It is exceptionally well preserved – the site’s relatively remote location has meant that there has been little disturbance of the archaeological remains of the Roman town by later occupation. Archaeologists have been able to use cutting-edge technology here to reveal details of the city, which has led to a revolution in our understanding of this important site.

The excavated remains of Roman Wroxeter show a Basilica, the heated rooms, main baths and the latrine area of a Bath House, a Market Hall, and the hypocaust tiles of later western Bath Houses exposed in the central courtyard.

There is also a reconstructed Town House, built using only the tools and materials available to the Romans in 2010.

Abbey Pumping Station - Museums of Science & Technology, Leicester, England.

This impressive Victorian building is a fitting tribute to the importance of the hygienic disposal of sewage. Abbey Pumping Station was designed by local architect Stockdale Harrison. Home to four working, highly decorative beam steam powered engines in the pump house built by Gimson and Company.

It is also Leicester City Council’s Museum of Science & Technology - with the infamous poo flushing toilet display, narrow gauge railway and many wonderful vehicles and exhibitions about the public health of Leicester.

When the Public Health Act of 1848 came into force, Leicester Town Council was compelled to take responsibility for sewerage.  Plans were made for the cleansing of the town and for the refuse to be disposed of and used for agricultural purpose. Sewage works were built on the banks of the River Soar and the number of main sewers were extended. The mode of treatment of the sewage presented many problems and by 1884 the level of pollution in the River Soar below Leicester was a cause of grave concern. In 1885 the Borough bought land in Beaumont Leys which was farmed directly by the Corporation through a farm manager. Its essential purpose was as a sewage farm, which turned sewage into fertiliser, was disguised by naming it the ‘City Farms’.

The Prodigy Remixes Mixtape I made 8 years ago: 

RIP Keith Flint 

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