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The Ruins of the Roman City of Uriconium, at Wroxeter, near Shrewsbury

TO VISITORS.

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Parties from a distance wishing to visit the ruins of the ancient Uriconium, at Wroxeter, will find every comfort and accommodation at the Lion, the Raven, the George, and the Crown Hotels, Shrewsbury.

Wroxeter is a little more than five miles from Shrewsbury. Conveyances may be obtained at the Railway Station, Shrewsbury; at any of the above-named Hotels; and at Howells’s Livery Stables, Cross Hill. Parties of any reasonable number may be conveyed by either of the latter, on giving them two days’ notice by letter.

Upton Magna, on the Shrewsbury and Wellington Joint Line of Railway, is the nearest Station to Wroxeter, from whence it is distant about two miles and a half, a pleasant walk for an active person.

The Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society, College Hill, where all the moveable articles from Wroxeter are deposited, is open DAILY to visitors, from 10 till 4, on payment of sixpence each, and by an order from a Subscriber GRATUITOUSLY.

Donations to the Wroxeter Fund will be gladly received by the Honorary Secretary, Dr. H. Johnson, Dogpole, Shrewsbury.

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