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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 Hillpool in Worcestershire.
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 192 which goes from Greensforge - Droitwich(Greensforge - Droitwich).
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192 - Greensforge to Droitwich
(Greensforge to Droitwich)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 192 starting near Kinver in Staffordshire ending near Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Kinver  Staffordshire
Blakedown  Worcestershire
Harvington  Worcestershire
Hillpool  Worcestershire
Kidderminster  Worcestershire
Droitwich  Worcestershire
Droitwich Spa  Worcestershire
Current translation for Kinver
K we cannot translate at the moment
  inver derived from inbhir - river mouth, confluence
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Chenefare(Worcestershire)
Chenevare(Staffordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Blakedown
  blake derived from blæc - black or black land
  down derived from dun/dune - a hill, mountain
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Harvington
  har derived from here - an army, a host, multitude
v we cannot translate at the moment
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hatete(Worcestershire)
Herferthun(Worcestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hillpool
  hill derived from hyll - a hill
  pool derived from pol - a pool
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Kidderminster
  kid derived from cæd - a boat
  der derived from deor - any wild animal but usually deer
  minster derived from minster - large church or monastry
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Chideminstre(Worcestershire)
tune(Worcestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Droitwich
Droitw we cannot translate at the moment
  ic derived from æc - oak
h we cannot translate at the moment
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Wic(Worcestershire)
Wich(Shropshire)
Wich(Worcestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Droitwich Spa
D we cannot translate at the moment
  r derived from ere - person
o we cannot translate at the moment
  i derived from iw - yew
t we cannot translate at the moment
  wich derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
  spa derived from spa - after spa in belgium famous for chalybeate(iron rich) water
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name


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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