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Tycho on the Earth's Moon:. Tycho (crater) is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands. It is also a commuting town for London which is just to the south of Ware. Tyco International is a Bermuda-based conglomerate which was a prominent corporate scandal in the early 2000s. It was also a great coaching town, being on the Great North Road, less than a day's journey from London. It later became England's premier town for the making of malt. In the Domesday survey of 1085 it was the second largest town in Hertfordshire. The modern name of the town dates from the Anglo-Saxon period when 'weirs' were built to stop the invading Vikings from escaping in their longships after defeat by Alfred the Great in a battle near Ware. Ware was on Ermine Street, the Roman road from London to Lincoln. A well preserved Roman skeleton of a teenage girl has been found as well. The Romans had a sizeable settlement here and foundations of several buildings, including a temple, have been found. Archaeology has shown that Ware has been occupied since at least the Mesolithic period (which ended about 4,000 BC). GlaxoSmithKline has a large plant in the town. Ware is also mentioned in the Canterbury Tales. It is also famous for the Great Bed of Ware, It was mentioned by Shakespeare and is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The town is also famous for its riverside gazebos, many of which have been restored recently. It is known for its elaborate font with large carved stone figures. Mary. Opposite the priory is the large fourteenth century parish church of St. Recent restoration work has shown that the 'priory' - it was really a friary - dates from the thirteenth century. It has a fourteenth-century priory, now the local council offices and a conference centre. The town was once a centre of malting. Ware is a small town of around 10,00 people in Hertfordshire, close by Hertford. |