Cricklade

England, United Kingdom
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Cricklade, town (parish), administrative and historic county of Wiltshire, England. Cricklade lies at the head of navigation of the upper Thames, at the point where the river intersected Ermine Street, a Roman road linking Silchester and Cirencester. A Roman fort was established there as a reconnaissance centre in 69 ce. Cricklade was created a borough by the Saxon king Alfred the Great in 871, and by the early 10th century it was sufficiently important to have a mint. Henry II granted the area a charter in 1155, and Henry III (reigned 1216–72) founded a hospital and granted a weekly market ...(100 of 161 words)