Wiktionary
n. A town in Essex, England (the oldest town in England).
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 694
Land area (2000): 0.994842 sq. miles (2.576630 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.994842 sq. miles (2.576630 sq. km)
FIPS code: 15378
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.425174 N, 90.792339 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62326
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Colchester
Wikipedia
Colchester is a historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.
At the time of the census in 2011 , it had a population of 121,859, marking a considerable rise from the previous census and with considerable development since 2001 and ongoing building plans; it has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the oldest recorded Roman town in Britain, Colchester is claimed to be the oldest town in Britain. It was for a time the capital of Roman Britain, and is a member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.
Colchester is northeast of London and is connected to the capital by the A12 road and the Great Eastern Main Line. It is seen as a popular town for commuters, and is less than away from Stansted Airport and from the passenger ferry port of Harwich.
Colchester is home to Colchester Castle and Colchester United Football Club. It has a Conservative Member of Parliament, Will Quince, who was elected in the 2015 General Election. The correct demonym is Colcestrian. The River Colne runs through the town.
Colchester was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935. It was created in the British North America Act, 1867, and was abolished in 1933 when it was merged into Colchester—Hants riding. The district consisted of the County of Colchester.
Colchester is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Will Quince, a Conservative.
Colchester was a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It existed from 1867 to 1978 and included all of Colchester County. In 1978, Colchester was divided into three electoral districts, Colchester North, Colchester South, and Truro-Bible Hill.
Colchester is a historic town in Essex, England. Colchester may also refer to:
Colchester was a footwear brand manufactured by the Colchester Rubber Company.
Usage examples of "colchester".
I had been nodding for some time, not in approbation of what he said, but in heaviness of slumber, for I had never before heard him so prosy since I first overtook him on the Colchester road.
A visit to the States, had perhaps, I thought, turned this Colchester beau into a Yankee fop.
He took matters into his own hands, ordered Colchester oysters, steak Diane, and pureed .
On my last journey to Fort Lawrence, as the beautiful view of Colchester had just opened upon me, and as I was contemplating its richness and exquisite scenery, a tall, thin man, with hollow cheeks and bright, twinkling black eyes, on a good bay horse, somewhat out of condition, overtook me.
I met a first chop Colchester gag this summer a-goin' to the races to Halifax, and he knowed as much about racin', I do suppose, as a Choctaw Ingian does of a railroad.
She wove her way through London's traffic and drove smoothly towards Colchester and Harwich.
Once hisglass was charged and a platter of huge Colchester oysters in front ofhim, Childs dismissed the servants with a wave so that they could talkfreely.
While Rowse was motoring to London, McCready had consulted his friend at Dibben Place, Colchester, home of Lloyds Shipping Intelligence.
As a matter of fact, I was under the impression that Colchester considered that only fashionable dilettantes and amateurs attended salons such as mine.
Kay became intensely unpopular in Colchester, where he introduced the fly shuttle, and had to move to Leeds.
They are said to have been prepared in this manner by Robert Burton, an apothecary of Colchester, in the seventeenth century, who established a manufactory for the purpose, but the roots were in use long before, being considered both antiscorbutic and excellent for health, and we are told that the 'kissing comfits,' alluded to by Falstaff, were made of them.