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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 Longcliffe in Derbyshire.
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 71a which goes from Derby(little Chester) - Buxton(Derby(little Chester) - Buxton).
Icon Key:

71a - Derby(little Chester) to Buxton
(Derby(little Chester) to Buxton)

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 71a starting near Buxton in Derbyshire ending near Derby in Derby ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Buxton  Derbyshire
Bakewell  Derbyshire
Matlock  Derbyshire
Kirk Ireton  Derbyshire
Belper  Derbyshire
Ashbourne  Derbyshire
Derby  Derbyshire
Quarndon  Derbyshire
Derby  Derby
Current translation for Buxton
  bux derived from buxus - box tree
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Buchestuna(Norfolk)
Bukestuna(Norfolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Bakewell
  bake derived from becc - a beck or brook
  well derived from wille - A well, spring, fountain
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Badequella(Derbyshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Matlock
  mat derived from mæþ/ma - mowing / pickaxe
  lock derived from loc - an enclosure or fold
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Meslach(Derbyshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Kirk Ireton
  kirk derived from kirkja - church
  i derived from iw - yew
  ret derived from ræt - a rat
  on derived from on - near
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Hiretune(Derbyshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Belper
  bel derived from bæl - a pyre
p we cannot translate at the moment
  er derived from ere - a person
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Ashbourne
  ash derived from æsc - ash trees
  bourne derived from burn - a brook or stream
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Esseburne(Derbyshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Derby
  der derived from deor - any wild animal but usually deer
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Derbei(Cheshire)
Derberie(Cheshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Quarndon
  quarn derived from cwæn - a queen
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cornun(Nottinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Derby
  der derived from deor - any wild animal but usually deer
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Derbei(Cheshire)
Derberie(Cheshire)
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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