Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93
miles (150 km) west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River
Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold
District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural University, the oldest
agricultural college in the English-speaking world founded in 1840. The town's
Corinium Museum is well known for its extensive Roman collection. The Roman
name for the town was
Corinium, which is thought to have been associated
with the ancient British tribe of the
