Cirencester
Proper noun
Meaning
Cirencester
A market town and civil parish with a town council in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, the site of the ancient Corinium of the Dobunni (OS grid ref SP0202).
Examples
Cotswold Outdoor (recommended supplier to the DofE Award and the Scout Association), is based at the Cotswold Airport near the Gloucestershire boundary south of Cirencester.
It is located just off the Roman road known as the Fosse Way, and 8 miles (13 km) north of the important town of Corinium Dobunnorum (Cirencester).
Follow the A40 towards Gloucester, 1st roundabout take A417 towards Cirencester, at the next roundabout double back using the 4th exit.
Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England, p. 29. Wessex almost certainly lost this territory to Penda of Mercia in 628, when the Chronicle records that "Cynegils and Cwichelm fought against Penda at Cirencester and then came to an agreement."
PORTLAND-based songwriter John Craigie has announced a UK tour this October, following the release of new record earlier in the year, and will be appearing at The Vaults at the Golden Farm Inn in Cirencester on Sunday, October 15.
The 11th fixture in the sequence came on Wednesday, when Darius Browne’s goal earned a 1-1 draw at home to Cirencester Town.