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  Posted by hambridge69 (U14082045) on Sunday, 26th July 2009

  hi,did the romans get has far has tamworth and what was tamworth called than,thanks.

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  Posted by ZagreusXXI (U14082813) on Sunday, 26th July 2009

  If you just put 'Tanworth Roman' into Google the first page shown tells you a bit about this. The author is a Richard Dunmore, and he states that 'The tribe which came to occupy the Tame valley were known as the Tomsaete from which Tamworth derives its name.' He says the Romans dealt with this tribe. Also, on maps there is a Ryknild Street which apparently was a Roman Road, as well as a few Roman Ways in Tamworth area.
  
  Hope that's of use, and should at least allow you to start researching the subject.

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  Posted by hambridge69 (U14082045) on Monday, 27th July 2009

  thanks for your time, thats a big help thank you.

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  Posted by Alaric the Goth (U1826823) on Thursday, 30th July 2009

  The 'Tom-' part of the name is a Brythonic (Celtic) river-name and I think means 'dark one'. It is the same name as that of the River Tame (in the Stalybridge/Oldham area), and indeed the River Thames.
  
  The ending '-saete' is Old English (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) for 'dwellers' so the name 'Tomsaete' is ''dwellers by the Tom/Tame' and is post-Roman.
  
  So what the British tribe was called that the Romans found in the area is not clear from this.
  
  The Romans of course went a good deal farther north, and west, than Tamworth, as Manchester was their 'Mamucium ' and they had a fort e.g. at Caernarfon in N. Wales and indeed Carlisle (their 'Luguvallium').
  
  Tamworth was very important in the 8th century as it was the site of the royal hall of Offa, the king of Mercia, who was at that time the most powerful ruler in what later became England, indeed he was probably the most powerful man in Britain. It is possible that he was the king for whom the epic Old English poem, 'Beowulf' was composed.
  
  The '-worth' part of the name is from the Mercian dialect of Old English, meaning 'enclosure'.

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