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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 Brent Pelham in Hertfordshire.
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 21b which goes from Braughing - Worsted Lodge(Braughing - Worsted Lodge).
Icon Key:
Roman City
Roman Town

21b - Braughing to Worsted Lodge
(Braughing to Worsted Lodge)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 21b starting near Braughing in Hertfordshire ending near Babraham in Cambridgeshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Braughing  Hertfordshire
Ware  Hertfordshire
Buntingford  Hertfordshire
Furneux Pelham  Hertfordshire
Brent Pelham  Hertfordshire
Buntingford  Hertfordshire
Clavering  Essex
Saffron Walden  Essex
Great Chesterford  Essex
Saffron Walden  Essex
Cambridge  Cambridgeshire
Babraham  Cambridgeshire
Current translation for Braughing
  braugh derived from breaw - brewed
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Brachinges(Hertfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Ware
  ware derived from wær - the sea
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Wares(Bedfordshire)
Warres(Bedfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Buntingford
  bunt derived from brant - high, deep, steep, difficult,
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Furneux Pelham
Furneux we cannot translate at the moment
Pelh we cannot translate at the moment
  ending in am 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.
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Brent Pelham
  brent derived from brent - river brent
P we cannot translate at the moment
  el derived from el - person
  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:Peleham(Hertfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Buntingford
  bunt derived from brant - high, deep, steep, difficult,
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Clavering
Clav we cannot translate at the moment
  ering derived from ere ænge - people of a troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Clavelinga(Essex)
Claveringa(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Saffron Walden
  saffron derived from safran - saffron from crocus
  wald derived from weald - forested uplands
  en derived from en - word termination usually means 'of'
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Waledana(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Great Chesterford
  great derived from great - big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Cestreforda(Essex)
Cestreforde(Cambridgeshire)
Cestrefort(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Saffron Walden
  saffron derived from safran - saffron from crocus
  wald derived from weald - forested uplands
  en derived from en - word termination usually means 'of'
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Waledana(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cambridge
  cam derived from camb - comb - probably derived from teasels
  bridge derived from bricge - a bridge
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Grantebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Grentebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Babraham
B we cannot translate at the moment
  abraham derived from abraham - biblical character
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Badburgh(Cambridgeshire)
Badburgham(Cambridgeshire)
Badburham(Cambridgeshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman City
Ravensburgh Castle (Fort) Roman City Bedfordshire 
Roman Town
Verulamium Roman Town Oxfordshire Modern name is St Albans


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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