Crick, Monmouthshire an important junction on the Roman road sometimes known as the "Via Julia" which ran from Bath ("Aquae Sulis") across the Severn estuary to Sudbrook and on to Caerwent ("Venta Silurum") and Caerleon ("Isca Augusta"), now in Wales. At Crick the route met the roads to Gloucester ("Glevum") and Monmouth ("Blestium"). There is also evidence of an early Norman motte and bailey castle at Ballan Moor near Crick, probably built by the Ballon family in the late 11th or early 12th century. In July 1645, during the English Civil War, a mediaeval hall at Crick was the site of a
Viridia (gens) that translates as "firm, strong, hardy", and "Tertulla", a diminutive of "Tertia", an old feminine praenomen, which was widely used as a surname throughout Roman history. Viridia (gens) The gens Viridia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are known only from inscriptions, evidently dating to imperial times. The nomen "Viridius" seems to be derived from the Latin "viridis", green. Since one of the Viridii left a libationary inscription at Aquae Sulis in Britain, some connection with the obscure British deity Viridios has been suggested, but other Viridii are known from different parts of the