Verulamium

ancient town in Roman Britain in St. Albans
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Verulamium

Summary

Verulamium is a ghost town[1]. Verulamium ranks in the top 1% of ghost_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Verulamium is located in St Albans[3].
  • Verulamium is located in St Albans[4].
  • Verulamium is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Verulamium's instance of is recorded as ghost town[6].
  • Verulamium's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[7].
  • Verulamium's instance of is recorded as ancient city[8].
  • Verulamium is owned by English Heritage[9].
  • Verulamium is operated by English Heritage[10].
  • Verulamium's Commons category is recorded as Verulamium[11].
  • Verulamium comprises Roman Theatre of Verulamium[12].
  • Verulamium's OS grid reference is recorded as TL1363407286[13].
  • Verulamium's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.75275, 'lon': -0.35519833}[14].
  • Verulamium's significant event is recorded as archaeological excavation[15].
  • Verulamium's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/roman-wall-of-st-albans/[16].
  • Verulamium's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[17].
  • Verulamium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • Verulamium's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[19].
  • Verulamium's replaced by is recorded as St Albans[20].
  • Verulamium's heritage designation is recorded as Grade I listed building[21].
  • Verulamium's heritage designation is recorded as scheduled monument[22].
  • Verulamium's culture is recorded as Ancient Rome[23].
  • Verulamium's director of archaeological fieldwork is recorded as Molly Cotton[24].
  • Verulamium's historic county is recorded as Hertfordshire[25].

Body

Geography

Verulamium is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include St Albans[3], a city[26], in United Kingdom[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include ghost town[6], archaeological site[7], and ancient city[8]. Heritage statuses include Grade I listed building[21] and scheduled monument[22].

History and Context

Verulamium is owned by English Heritage[9].

Why It Matters

Verulamium ranks in the top 1% of ghost_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (807 views/month).[2] Verulamium has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . books.google.co.uk. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . books.google.co.uk. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Horcrux · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historic county Hertfordshire
    Instance of ghost town, archaeological site, ancient city
    Heritage gateway id MHT4&resourceID=1008
    Heritage designation Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: Verulàmio, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779096159559"
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