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Moving to Colchester?

The oldest recorded Roman town in Britain, Colchester has existed in some form or another for over three thousand years, and has been hotly disputed for much of its history. The Celts called it Camulodunom, meaning “Fortress of Camulos” (Camulos was the Celtic god of war). The Romans renamed it Camulodunum, and designated it a major colony immediately after their invasion of Britain in AD 43. Plans to make it the capital of the new territory were shelved after it was sacked during Boudicca’s rebellion; nonetheless it retained a strong strategic importance and remained under Roman rule long after the surrounding area had fallen to the Saxon invaders.

Saxons settlers continued to avoid Colchester until the Kingdom of Essex was founded in 527 AD, when it became capital of the new domain, a crucial stage on the trading routes and of major strategic importance. Through the eighth and ninth centuries it was contested by the Danes, who took over the east of England, and the Kings of Wessex. After the relatively peaceful Middle Ages, it was colonised in the fifteenth century by large numbers of Flemish weavers escaping religious persecution in their own Netherlands. They brought enormous wealth, making this one of the centres of the British wool trade.

The Civil War brought new conflict to the Royalist city: in 1648 a Roundhead army besieged it for seventy-six days, destroying many ancient buildings and reducing the population to eating candles and boots. Only augmenting its dramatic reputation, the Great Plague saw a higher proportion of inhabitants killed than anywhere else in the country. In 1888, Colchester made another record, as the site of the strongest earthquake ever to hit the UK. At 5.2 on the Richter Scale, with the initial tremor lasting over twenty seconds, the earthquake destroyed 1,200 buildings causing around £10,000 of damage – no small sum in those days.

Today, Colchester is a thriving city, with a strong military presence (as has been the case since Roman times) and, due to its proximity to London, a very wealthy population and. It has one of the driest climates in England with less than 500mm of rainfall annually, and is relatively warm – temperatures rarely dip below 0°C and in summer the average is 21°C. There are many tourist attractions, but start with a wander through the old streets, enjoying the sheer prettiness of the buildings around you. The Dutch Quarter, with its timber framed Tudor houses, is particularly lovely. Don’t miss the flamboyant Town Hall, which is topped by a statue of Helena, mother of the Emperor Constantine.

The main landmark is Colchester Castle, built shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Stunning in itself, it is also home to the Temple of Claudius, on whose foundations it was built. Ancient history buffs will also love the Roman Circus, located under the Garrison, and the Colchester Museum. Other popular museums include the Hollytrees Museum, which deals with social history, and Tymperley’s Clock Museum, a fifteenth century timber framed house that houses the Bernard Mason clock collection.