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Colchester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2522 words) |
 | Colchester is an historic town in the north of the English county of Essex, with a population of about 160,000. |
| Colchester is the oldest recorded Roman town in England, although it existed as a Celtic settlement before the Roman conquest and there is archaeological evidence of settlement 3,000 years ago. |
| Colchester was bombed by the Luftwaffe in July 1940 during The Blitz. |
| Colchester (borough) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (125 words) |
| Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. |
| The borough covers an area of 125 square miles and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south. |
| The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Colchester with the urban districts of West Mersea and Wivenhoe, along with Lexden and Winstree Rural District. |
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