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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 Bourne in Lincolnshire.
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 26 which goes from Ailsworth - Ancaster(Ailsworth - Ancaster)commonly known as 'King Street'.
Icon Key:

26 - Ailsworth to Ancaster
(Ailsworth to Ancaster)
commonly known as 'King Street'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 26 starting near Upton in Peterborough ending near Grantham in Lincolnshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Upton  Peterborough
Peterborough  Peterborough
West Deeping  Lincolnshire
Peterborough  Lincolnshire
Baston  Lincolnshire
Peterborough  Lincolnshire
Kates Bridge  Lincolnshire
Bourne  Lincolnshire
Thurlby  Lincolnshire
Bourne  Lincolnshire
Grantham  Lincolnshire
Grantham  Lincolnshire
Current translation for Upton
  up derived from yppe - a raised place, a lookout place
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Opertune(Huntingdonshire)
Opetone(Buckinghamshire)
Opetone(Nottinghamshire)
Opetune(Lincolnshire)
Opetune(Norfolk)
Optone(Cheshire)
Optone(Northamptonshire)
Optone(Warwickshire)
Optuna(Norfolk)
Ullwintone(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Peterborough
  peter derived from petersilige - herb parsley/st peter
  borough derived from burh - from Roman Burgus a roman signalling place or one of Alfred the Great's fortifications
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Burg(Bedfordshire)
Burg(Lincolnshire)
Deneforde(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for West Deeping
  west derived from wæst - west
  deeping derived from diþing - killing place, possible an abattoir
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:West Depinge(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Peterborough
  peter derived from petersilige - herb parsley/st peter
  borough derived from burh - from Roman Burgus a roman signalling place or one of Alfred the Great's fortifications
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Burg(Bedfordshire)
Burg(Lincolnshire)
Deneforde(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Baston
  bas derived from basu - a type of scarlet robe
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bacstune(Lincolnshire)
Bastune(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Peterborough
  peter derived from petersilige - herb parsley/st peter
  borough derived from burh - from Roman Burgus a roman signalling place or one of Alfred the Great's fortifications
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Burg(Bedfordshire)
Burg(Lincolnshire)
Deneforde(Northamptonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Kates Bridge
  kates derived from cattes - cat mint
  bridge derived from bricge - a bridge
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bourne
  bourne derived from burn - a brook or stream
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Brune(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Thurlby
  thurl derived from ceorl - a freeman
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bourne
  bourne derived from burn - a brook or stream
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Brune(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Grantham
G we cannot translate at the moment
  r derived from ere - person
  an derived from ƿan - Wetlands
t we cannot translate at the moment
  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
Names found:Graham(Lincolnshire)
Grandham(Lincolnshire)
Granham(Lincolnshire)
Grantham(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Grantham
G we cannot translate at the moment
  r derived from ere - person
  an derived from ƿan - Wetlands
t we cannot translate at the moment
  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
Names found:Graham(Lincolnshire)
Grandham(Lincolnshire)
Granham(Lincolnshire)
Grantham(Lincolnshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
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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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