Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUDCHESTER, or Rouchester

RUDCHESTER, or Rouchester, a township in Ovingham parish, Northumberland; on the Roman wall, 8½ miles W N W of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Acres, 644. Pop., 58. Houses, 11. The Roman station Vindobala was here; is still slightly traceable; and has furnished fouraltars, a Hercules, bricks, coins, and other relics. Amediæval stronghold also was here, and became the nucleus of a modern farm-house.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ovingham AP/CP       Rudchester CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place names: ROUCHESTER     |     RUDCHESTER     |     RUDCHESTER OR ROUCHESTER
Place: Rudchester

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