Winchester more urban settlement type developed, known as an oppidum, although the archaeology of this phase remains obscure. It was overrun by the confederation of Gaulish tribes known as the Belgae sometime during the first century BCE. It seems to have been known as Wentā or Venta, derived from the Brittonic for "town" or "meeting place", or the word for "white" (Welsh "gwyn"), due to Winchester's situation upon chalk. After the Roman conquest of Britain, the settlement served as the capital () of the Belgae and was distinguished as Venta Belgarum, "Venta of the Belgae". Although in the early years of
Bishop's Waltham Town F.C. Bishop's Waltham Town F.C. Bishop's Waltham Town Football Club was a football club based in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England. The club was affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association. Originally established in 1901 as Bishop's Waltham Town, the club played in the Southampton Senior League. The club joined the Hampshire League Division Two in 1986, after winning the Southampton Senior League. In 2008 Bishop's Waltham Town and Sporting BTC merged their resources, but were unable to change their name from Sporting BTC as they had missed the deadline for name changes under the Hampshire Premier League's rules. In the summer of