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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 Midford in Somerset.
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 52 which goes from Bath - Frome(Bath - Frome).
Icon Key:
Roman Town

52 - Bath to Frome
(Bath to Frome)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 52 starting near Avon in Bath and North East Somerset ending near Bath in Somerset ....
This route passes through the following locations.
Avon  Bath and North East Somerset
Bath  Bath and North East Somerset
Combe Down  Bath and North East Somerset
Bath  Bath and North East Somerset
Hinton Charterhouse  Bath and North East Somerset
Bath  Bath and North East Somerset
Current translation for Avon
  avon derived from afon - the river avon
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Avere(Hampshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bath
  bath derived from bæþ - bath - usually associated with natural warm springs
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bada(Somerset)
Bade(Somerset)
Bade(Wiltshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Combe Down
  combe derived from comb - A low place enclosed with hills, a valley
  down derived from dun/dune - a hill, mountain
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bath
  bath derived from bæþ - bath - usually associated with natural warm springs
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bada(Somerset)
Bade(Somerset)
Bade(Wiltshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hinton Charterhouse
  hin derived from hæn - hen/chicken
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
  chart derived from ceart - a rough common overrun with gorse, broom, bracken
  er derived from ere - a person
  house derived from hus - dwelling, shelter, house - from Proto-Germanic *husan
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Hantone(Somerset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bath
  bath derived from bæþ - bath - usually associated with natural warm springs
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Bada(Somerset)
Bade(Somerset)
Bade(Wiltshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Town
Aquae Sulis Roman Town Somerset Modern name is Bath
Roman Town
Verlucio Roman Town Wiltshire Modern name is Sandy Lane


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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