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Slack Roman Fort lies immediately west of the town. Discovered by archaeological digs in the 1700s, findings indicate that the fort was constructed from turf and wood to defend the Roman road in the time of [[Agricola]] in AD 79. Situated on the Roman Road between Deva Victrix ([[Chester]]) and Eboracum ([[York]]), Slack might have been the ''Cambodunum'' mentioned as a station on this route in the [[Antonine Itinerary]]. Later, during the sub-Roman era, it was suggested in 2016 by Peter Field of [[Bangor University]] in [[Wales]] that Slack may have been the location of [[Camelot]], where the legendary [[King Arthur]] (reputedly alive 5th-6th centuries) held court.
Slack Roman Fort lies immediately west of the town. Discovered by archaeological digs in the 1700s, findings indicate that the fort was constructed from turf and wood to defend the Roman road in the time of [[Agricola]] in AD 79. Situated on the Roman Road between Deva Victrix ([[Chester]]) and Eboracum ([[York]]), Slack might have been the ''Cambodunum'' mentioned as a station on this route in the [[Antonine Itinerary]]. Later, during the sub-Roman era, it was suggested in 2016 by Peter Field of [[Bangor University]] in [[Wales]] that Slack may have been the location of [[Camelot]], where the legendary [[King Arthur]] (reputedly alive 5th-6th centuries) held court.
The oldest surviving reference to Huddersfield by name is from the Domesday Book of 1086, a survey completed following the [[Norman]] conquest of England in 1066. In the survey, Huddersfield is referred to ''Oderesfelt''. It was not recorded to have any population and its tenant-in-chief was Ilbert de Lacy, who at that time owned many estates in Yorkshire and several in Nottinghamshire and [[Lincolnshire]]. Huddersfield would remain in the possesion of the De Lacy family until confiscation by the Crown in 1322, during the reign of [[Edward II]].
[[Category:Settlements in Yorkshire]]
[[Category:Settlements in Yorkshire]]