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Colchester: Area, History and Background

Riding are well acquainted with the United Kingdom, its cities and towns.

Below is some historic, cultural and background information about the area of Colchester in the United Kingdom.

• Colchester is the largest town within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.
• At the time of the census in 2001 it had a population of 104,390.
• Colchester is the oldest recorded Roman town in Britain.
• It claims to be the oldest town in Britain.
• Colchester was for a time the capital of Roman Britain and also claims to have the United Kingdom's oldest recorded market.
• It is 60 miles (97 km) northeast of London.
• Colchester is connected to the capital by the A12 road and the Great Eastern Main Line.
• Many of its parish churches date from this period.
• In 1189, Colchester was granted its first royal charter by King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart.)
• It developed rapidly during the later fourteenth century as a centre of the woollen cloth industry, and became famous in many parts of Europe for its russets (fabrics of a grey-brown colour).
• Colchester is noted for its Victorian architecture.
• Since 2006, it has been one of 12 places in the UK where Royal Salutes are fired to mark Royal anniversaries and visits by foreign heads of state.
• Colchester competes in the Twin Town Games against Wetzlar, Avignon, Orléans, Tarragona, and Siena.
• One of its twin towns is Wetzlar, Germany (1969).
• One of Colchester's twin towns is Avignon, France (1972).
• One of its twin towns is Imola, Italy (1997).
• Colchester is reputed to be the home of three of the best known English nursery rhymes: 'Old King Cole', 'Humpty Dumpty' and 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star'.
• Local legend places it as the seat of King Cole (or Coel) of the rhyme Old King Cole, a legendary ancient king of Britain.
• Colchester is also the most widely credited source of the rhyme Humpty Dumpty.
• During the siege of it in the Civil War, a Royalist sniper known as One-Eyed Thompson sat in the belfry of the church of St Mary-at-the-Walls (Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall) and was given the nickname Humpty Dumpty.
• Colchester has also been suggested as one of the potential sites of Camelot, on account of having been the capital of Roman Britain and its ancient name of Camulodunum.