Colchester
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Colchester (population 100,000) is a town in north Essex. Essex is a county in England.
People believe that Colchester is oldest Roman town that we know about in England.
Before Roman times, Colchester was "Camulodunon". This is a Celtic name that came from Camulos. Camulos was the Celtic god of war. The Romans called Colchester "Camulodunum" (written "CAMVLODVNVM").
King Cunobelinus (or "Cunobelin") was from Colchester.
Colchester was defeated by Boudicca in 61 AD.
It is twinned with Imola, Italy, Wetzlar, Germany and Avignon, France
The church at the Benedictine abbey of Saint John the Baptist was destroyed in 1539. This was when King Henry VIII confiscated the property of the Roman Catholic institutions in England (see Dissolution of the Monasteries. The only part left is a gate that people still go to visit.
