Aldborough, North Yorkshire

Aldborough, North Yorkshire

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longitude = -01.38
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shire_county = North Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
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Aldborough is a village in the civil parish of Boroughbridge, part of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England.

Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, what is now known as Aldborough was built on the site of a major Romano-British town, Isurium Brigantum. The Brigantes, the most populous Celtic tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation of Britain, used the settlement as a capital. Isurium may also have been the base of the Roman Legio VIIII Hispana.

Archaeology

Aldborough was built on the site of a major Roman town, "Isurium Brigantum", which marked the crossing of Dere Street (the Roman Road running north out of York) over the River Ure. Isurium may have been the base of the Ninth Legion, and was later the administrative centre of the Brigantes, the most populous British tribe in the area at the time of the Roman occupation. The Aldborough Roman Site museum, run by English Heritage, contains a number of relics of the Roman town, including some colourful mosaic pavements.

History

Aldborough lost much of its importance when the river crossing was moved to nearby Boroughbridge in Norman times. Nevertheless, in the Middle Ages it was made a Parliamentary Borough, and returned two Members of Parliament until the seat was abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832.

See also

* Aldborough (UK Parliament constituency)


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