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This map is showing 'Roman Implied, Roman Actual named locations ' of type 'Roman City, Roman Town, Roman Villa, Roman Major Fort, Roman Watch Tower, Roman Port, Roman Bloomery' centered on Goring in Buckinghamshire.
Map Logic
This map shows Roman roads shown in black derived from Ivan D Margary 'Roman Roads in Britain' published in 1955. These maps are plotted as accurately as is possible from the books. There are problems with mapping 50 years later as there have been significant road and town changes which have hidden some of the original places mentioned in the texts.

The red roads are derived from Ivan D Margary 'Roman ways in the Weald' published in 1948.

Major Roman locations are shown as icons, please click the icon for the modern location and its Roman name.

This map shows the Roman Road course described by Ivan D Margary as 160a which goes from Towcester - Alchester(Towster - Alchester).
Icon Key:

160a - Towcester to Alchester
(Towster to Alchester)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 160a starting near Towcester in Northamptonshire ending near Bicester in Oxfordshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Towcester  Northamptonshire
Whittlebury  Northamptonshire
Buckingham  Buckinghamshire
Water Stratford  Buckinghamshire
Buckingham  Buckinghamshire
Bicester  Oxfordshire
Caversfield  Oxfordshire
Bicester  Oxfordshire
Current translation for Towcester
  tow derived from tow-lic - weaving
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Tovecestre(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Whittlebury
  whittle derived from watel - wattle(woven twigs)
  bury derived from burh/beorg/berie - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Buckingham
  buck derived from buc - a male deer
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ham derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bochingheham(Buckinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Water Stratford
  water derived from wæter - water
  strat derived from via strata - originally from the latin via strata(high paved road) -Old English stret (Mercian, Kentish), stræt (West Saxon)
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Stradford(Buckinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Buckingham
  buck derived from buc - a male deer
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ham derived from hamm - Denotes a piece of land surrounded with paling, wicker-work, etc., and so defended against water, which would otherwise wash it away, so a valley settlement or settlement with a jetty.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bochingheham(Buckinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bicester
  bi derived from bærn - barn
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bernecestre(Oxfordshire)
Bispesdone(Oxfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Caversfield
Cav we cannot translate at the moment
  er derived from ere - a person
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  field derived from feld - a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cavrefelle(Buckinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bicester
  bi derived from bærn - barn
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bernecestre(Oxfordshire)
Bispesdone(Oxfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
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External References in no particular order :-
Anglo Saxon Chronicles
Online Anglo Saxon dictionary
Online Etymology dictionary
Open Domesday Book - The first free online copy of the Domesday Book
The Ermine Street Guard Roman re-enactment and research Society
The "Kent A" cadastre - page 5 - Peterson 2002
Archaeologia Cantiana Online
Romney Marsh Research Trust
Romney Marsh the Fifth Continent
VillageNet the reference guide to villages in Kent & Sussex
Global warming Flood Maps
The Anglo Saxon Chronicles
Google Maps - the core of the system
GeoPlaner - Useful site for plotting map data
Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars 55BC(Books 4 & 5)
Wikipedia - Caesar's invasions of Britain
Wikipedia - Portus Istus
The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy (Bill Thayers)
Roman Britain.org
Runetree Beowulf
Bayeux Tapestry Online
The Secrets of the Norman Invasion
Chronicles of John of Worcester
Battle Historic Society
Binsted village website(Mearcredesburnan Steðe)
The Spears of Andred
Find British Archaelogical Sites
Wealden Iron Research Group
Topographic Map of the UK

 

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