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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 Cosby in Leicestershire.
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 572 which goes from Leicester - Lutterworth(Leicester - Lutterworth).
Icon Key:

572 - Leicester to Lutterworth
(Leicester to Lutterworth)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 572 starting near Leicester in Leicestershire ending near Lutterworth in Leicestershire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Leicester  Leicestershire
Blaby  Leicestershire
Leicester  Leicestershire
Cosby  Leicestershire
Dunton Bassett  Leicestershire
Lutterworth  Leicestershire
Current translation for Leicester
  le derived from leah - A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land
  i derived from iw - yew
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ledecestre(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Blaby
Bla we cannot translate at the moment
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bladi(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Leicester
  le derived from leah - A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land
  i derived from iw - yew
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ledecestre(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cosby
Co we cannot translate at the moment
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Cosbi(Leicestershire)
Cossebi(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Dunton Bassett
  dun derived from dun - a mountain or hill
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
  bas derived from basu - a type of scarlet robe
  sett derived from sete - place
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Donitone(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Lutterworth
  lutt derived from hlutre - bright
  er derived from ere - a person
  worth derived from weort/worð - wort, herb/land
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Lutresurde(Leicestershire)
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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