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<p>Willenhall town in Staffordshire, where I was raised (the West Midlands they call it now) although in danger from the heritage free brigade who believe that every town centre should be turned into a supermarket should not be consigned to a landfill site until we have told the world of its heritage in the history of our country. This book charts the history of Willenhall finding an iron age plateau fort through to the Victorian era taking in the Romans, the Knights Templar etc on the way. We discover that there is a roman road running straight through the market place, which in itself is a classic mediaeval elongated triangle shape, the town centre itself is still in the classic Roman layout even today, we can even trace the four gates, north south east and west. We discover that in its day Willenhall was an important Roman spa destination having hot springs - Bath was not the only one - then later both for the infirm who were helped by the Knights Templar at their headquarters in wh...楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る