Wedlake, William 90
Wellington, Duke of 67
Westminster, Palace of 227–8
Westray 138
West Row 220
Wheeler, Michael 81
Wheeler, Mortimer 19, 79–81, 82–3, 84–6, 87, 88, 89–91, 92, 184
Still Digging 80, 82, 91
Wheeler, Tessa Verney 81, 82–3, 86, 88, 89–91, 92, 181
Whin Sill 111
Whitfell 179
Wilderness Plantation 147
William the Conqueror 20, 229
Wilson, Roger: A Guide to the Roman Remains in Britain xix, 60–1, 81, 241, 244
Winchester 62, 168
Wisdom, Norman 7
Wolfson College, Oxford 130
Wood, John 97, 98–102, 245
The Origin of Building 101
Woodchester Pavement (Great Pavement) 201–4, 207, 249
Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke 155
Woodward, Bob and John 202–4, 249
Wotton-under-Edge 202–3
Wrekin, the 77
Wren, Christopher 46, 47, 49, 50, 55–6
Wright, Thomas 76
Wroxeter (Viroconium Cornoviorum) 14, 75–80, 122, 244
Xerxes 32
Yassin-Kassab, Robin 170
Y Gaer 81–4, 244
York (Eboracum) 23, 72, 158–97, 207–8, 217, 248
Bootham Bar 165, 166
map 158–9
Minster 162–3, 248
Monk Bar 166
Petergate 166
walls 163, 165, 166
Yorkshire Museum 162, 166–7, 169–70, 171, 248
Zosimus 218
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