Districts of England-2
The Cotswolds under Roman Rule'
ElLEEN POWER (Professor of Economic History in the University of London) The week before last, Mr. S. P. B. Mais gave you the first of three talks on the Cotswolds, and told you about the countryside and the old crafts and folk-songs. Today and again next week the second and third talks are to be given by Miss Eileen Power.
This afternoon she is to tell you about the Cotswolds under Roman rule. She will say something about Roman rule in South Britain, and about Roman roads. She will talk of old Roman names-Gloucester (Glevum), and Cirencester (Corinium). You will hear about Roman country houses and farms ; about the Roman-British villa that still exists at Chedworth, with its farm attached; about the people of Britain and their lives under Rome, and what the Romans left behind.