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
Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui The Roman Catholic Diocese of Acqui () straddles the (civil) regions of Piedmont and Liguria, in northwest Italy. The ancient Roman name of the place was "Aquae Statiellae", which was sometimes confused with "Aquae Sentiae" (Aix-en-Provence), and "Aquae Augustae" (Dax), where there were also bishops. Acqui had always been subordinate to the Province of Milan, down until 1817, when Pope Pius VII assigned it to the Province of Turin. As a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Turin, it falls within the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. It is probable that the diocese of Acqui was established