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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 Halford in Warwickshire.
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 5d which goes from Cirencester - High Cross(Foss Way , Cirencester - High Cross)commonly known as 'Foss Way'.
Icon Key:
Roman City
Roman Town
Roman Villa
Roman Watch Tower

5d - Cirencester to High Cross
(Foss Way , Cirencester to High Cross)
commonly known as 'Foss Way'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 5d starting near Cirencester in Gloucestershire ending near Hinckley in Leicestershire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Cirencester  Gloucestershire
Cheltenham  Gloucestershire
Bourton-on-the-Water  Gloucestershire
Cheltenham  Gloucestershire
Stow-on-the-Wold  Gloucestershire
Moreton-in-Marsh  Gloucestershire
Shipston-on-Stour  Warwickshire
Warwick  Warwickshire
Leamington Spa  Warwickshire
Princethorpe  Warwickshire
Stretton-on-Dunsmore  Warwickshire
Wolston  Warwickshire
Brinklow  Warwickshire
Rugby  Warwickshire
Hinckley  Leicestershire
Current translation for Cirencester
  ciren derived from cicen - chicken
  cester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cirecestre(Gloucestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cheltenham
  chelten derived from ciltern - the chiltern hills
  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.
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bourton On The Water
  bour derived from bor - a gimlet, a borer
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
  on derived from on - near
  the derived from þæt - that
  water derived from wæter - water
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Bortune(Gloucestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cheltenham
  chelten derived from ciltern - the chiltern hills
  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.
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Stow On The Wold
  stow derived from stow - a place possibly holy
  on derived from on - near
  the derived from þæt - that
  wold derived from wald - forested uplands
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Moreton In Marsh
  moreton derived from morteyne - a norman knight from the battle abbey role 1066AD
  in derived from en - the people of
  marsh derived from mersc - a fen, bog or marsh
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Mortune(Gloucestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Shipston On Stour
  ship derived from scæp - sheep
  ston derived from stan - stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone
  on derived from on - near
  stour derived from stour - river stour
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Scepwestun(Worcestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Warwick
  war derived from wer - a wier
  wick derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Waruic(Warwickshire)
Warwic(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Leamington Spa
  leam derived from læmen - clay - earthenware
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
  spa derived from spa - after spa in belgium famous for chalybeate(iron rich) water
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Lamintone(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Princethorpe
  prince derived from preon - broach or clasp
  thorpe derived from ƿorp - a crowd - a village
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Stretton On Dunsmore
  stret derived from via strata - originally from the latin via strata(high paved road) -Old English stret (Mercian, Kentish), stræt (West Saxon)
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
  on derived from on - near
  dun derived from dun - a mountain or hill
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  more derived from mere - the sea - possibly an inlet
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Wolston
  wol derived from wul - wool
  ston derived from stan - stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Ulvestone(Warwickshire)
Ulvricetone(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Brinklow
  brink derived from brinig - burning -possibly a signalling place
  low derived from hleow - A shelter, protection, covering, refuge
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Rugby
  rug derived from ruh - uncultivated
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Rocheberie(Warwickshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hinckley
  hinck derived from hlinc - a bank forming a boundary
  ley derived from el æg/leah - person's island if near the sea / open space, untilled land
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Hinchelie(Leicestershire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman Town
Alchester Roman Town Oxfordshire 
Roman Watch Tower
Ariconium Roman Watch Tower Herefordshire 
Roman Town
Corinium Dobunnorum Roman Town Gloucestershire Modern name is Cirencester
Roman Town
Lactodurum Roman Town Northamptonshire Modern name is Towcester
Roman City
Ravensburgh Castle (Fort) Roman City Bedfordshire 
Roman Town
Verulamium Roman Town Oxfordshire Modern name is St Albans
Roman Villa
Villa Roman Villa Oxfordshire 


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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