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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 St Mary Bourne in Hampshire.
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 4b which goes from Silchester - Old Sarum(Port Way, Silchester - Old Sarum)commonly known as 'Port Way'.
Icon Key:

4b - Silchester to Old Sarum
(Port Way, Silchester to Old Sarum)
commonly known as 'Port Way'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 4b starting near Reading in Hampshire ending near Salisbury in Wiltshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Reading  Hampshire
Silchester  Hampshire
Reading  Hampshire
Tadley  Hampshire
Whitchurch  Hampshire
Saint Mary Bourne  Hampshire
Andover  Hampshire
Salisbury  Wiltshire
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Silchester
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  il derived from ildu - old
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Silcestre(Hampshire)
Slacham(Hampshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Reading
  read derived from ræd - red or ruddy
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Tadley
  tad derived from tadige - toad
  ley derived from el æg/leah - person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Whitchurch
  whit derived from wæt - wet, damp, moist
  church derived from cirice - burial ground
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Estleia(Warwickshire)
Orlavescote(Warwickshire)
Westone(Cheshire)
Westune(Shropshire)
Wicerce(Devon)
Wicherce(Buckinghamshire)
Witcerce(Hampshire)
Witecerce(Oxfordshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Saint Mary Bourne
  saint derived from sanctus - saint
  mary derived from mary - saint mary
  bourne derived from burn - a brook or stream
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Andover
  an derived from ƿan - Wetlands
  dover derived from dofere - dubras , the waters
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Andovere(Hampshire)
Andret(Hampshire)
Aoltone(Hampshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Salisbury
  salis derived from salig - willow tree
  bury derived from burh/beorg/berie - fortified place, castle - usually associated with old Roman forts / can also be used to mean high place / berry
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Sarisberiam(Somerset)
Sarisberie(Wiltshire)
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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