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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 Marston in Cheshire West And Chester.
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 70a which goes from Sandbach - Warrington(Sandbach - Warrington)commonly known as 'King Street'.
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Roman City

70a - Sandbach to Warrington
(Sandbach to Warrington)
commonly known as 'King Street'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 70a starting near Elworth in Cheshire East ending near Warrington in Warrington ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Elworth  Cheshire East
Sandbach  Cheshire East
Middlewich  Cheshire East
Rudheath  Cheshire West and Chester
Northwich  Cheshire West and Chester
Antrobus  Cheshire West and Chester
Northwich  Cheshire West and Chester
Warrington  Warrington
Stretton  Warrington
Appleton  Warrington
Warrington  Warrington
Current translation for Elworth
  el derived from el - person
  worth derived from weort/worð - wort, herb/land
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Aleurde(Dorset)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Sandbach
  sand derived from sand - sand
  bach derived from bach - small or little
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Sanbec(Cheshire)
Sanbecd(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Middlewich
  middle derived from middel - the middle - between
  wich derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Midelwic(Worcestershire)
Wich(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Rudheath
  r derived from ere - person
ud we cannot translate at the moment
  heath derived from hæþ - heath or wasteland where heather grows
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Northwich
  north derived from norþ - north
  wich derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Norwich(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Antrobus
Antrobus we cannot translate at the moment
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Entrebus(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Northwich
  north derived from norþ - north
  wich derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Norwich(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Warrington
  war derived from wer - a wier
  r derived from ere - person
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Walentune(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Stretton
  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
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Estretone(Staffordshire)
Stratone(Leicestershire)
Stratone(Lincolnshire)
Stratone(Rutland)
Stratone(Staffordshire)
Stratune(Rutland)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Appleton
  apple derived from apuldre - apple trees
  ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Apletone(Berkshire)
Apletone(Kent)
Apletune(Berkshire)
Appletuna(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Warrington
  war derived from wer - a wier
  r derived from ere - person
  ing derived from ænge - troubled village(appear to be fortlets or pallisaded villages)
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Walentune(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman City
Melandra Castle (Roman Fort) Roman City Derbyshire 


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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