Site Event/Activity record ECC1829 - 'Wirstrate', now Long Wyre Street, Colchester, 1277

Location

Location Long Wyre Street, Colchester
Grid reference TL 99823 25072 (point)
Map sheet TL92NE
Non Parish Area COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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1277

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Description

Early reference to 'Wirstrate', now Long Wyre Street, Short Wyre Street, and St Nicholas' Street in 1277.<1><2>

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Monograph: Blaxill, A.. 1936. The street names of Colchester. p19.
  • <2> Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1981. CAR 1: Aspects of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Colchester. 1. p79.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Medieval Long Wyre Street, Colchester (Monument)

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Feb 9 2016 1:25PM

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