Colchester, Essex, England

E731557

settlement town

Colchester, Essex, England is a historic town in southeastern England, often regarded as Britain’s oldest recorded town and known for its Roman heritage and medieval architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Colchester town centre	5
Colchester city centre	2
Colchester, Essex	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
country	England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy	Colchester City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Firstsite gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercury Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialCode	01206 ⓘ
hasFootballStadium	Colchester Community Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage	Norman architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman heritage ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ military history ⓘ
hasHistoricName	Camulodunum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIndustry	education ⓘ light manufacturing ⓘ retail ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLandmark	Balkerne Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Colchester Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Colchester Garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ Colchester Town Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Holy Trinity Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Jumbo Water Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman town walls ⓘ St Botolph’s Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Colchester Castle Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollytrees Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Natural History Museum, Colchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostcodeArea	CO ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo	London Liverpool Street NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReputation	Britain’s oldest recorded town ⓘ
hasRiver	River Colne NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSportsTeam	Colchester United F.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus	city status (from 2022) ⓘ
hasUniversityCampus	University of Essex Colchester Campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	East of England ⓘ Essex ⓘ southeastern England ⓘ
nearCoastOf	North Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Colchester district NERFINISHED ⓘ ceremonial county of Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
twinnedWith	Avignon, France NERFINISHED ⓘ Wetzlar, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasRecordedBy	Pliny the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacitus NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasRomanCapitalOf	Roman Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colchester, Connecticut → namedAfter → Colchester, Essex, England ⓘ

Camulodunum → archaeologicalRemainsFoundAt → Colchester, Essex, England ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colchester city centre

Roman Town Wall → near → Colchester, Essex, England ⓘ