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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 Cambridge in Cambridgeshire.
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 24 which goes from Godmanchester - Sible Hedingham(Godmanchester - Sible Hedingham)commonly known as 'Via Devana'.
Icon Key:
Roman City

24 - Godmanchester to Sible Hedingham
(Godmanchester to Sible Hedingham)
commonly known as 'Via Devana'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 24 starting near Godmanchester in Cambridgeshire ending near Sible Hedingham in Essex ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Godmanchester  Cambridgeshire
Huntingdon  Cambridgeshire
Hemingford Grey  Cambridgeshire
Fenstanton  Cambridgeshire
Cambridge  Cambridgeshire
Oakington  Cambridgeshire
Girton  Cambridgeshire
Cambridge  Cambridgeshire
Withersfield  Suffolk
Haverhill  Suffolk
Wixoe  Suffolk
Halstead  Essex
Ridgewell  Essex
Great Yeldham  Essex
Halstead  Essex
Castle Hedingham  Essex
Sible Hedingham  Essex
Current translation for Godmanchester
  god derived from god - good
  man derived from mann - man
  chester derived from cæster - roman fortified town
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Godmundcestre(Huntingdonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Huntingdon
  hunting derived from hunting - hunting
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Huntedone(Huntingdonshire)
Huntedun(Huntingdonshire)
Huntedune(Huntingdonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Hemingford Grey
  heming derived from hemming - a type of leather shoe
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
  grey derived from graeg - colour between black and white
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Alia Emingeforde(Huntingdonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Fenstanton
  fen derived from fenn - a fen
  stan derived from stan - stone - probably a roman road, milestone or builders stone
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Stantone(Cambridgeshire)
Stantone(Huntingdonshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cambridge
  cam derived from camb - comb - probably derived from teasels
  bridge derived from bricge - a bridge
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Grantebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Grentebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Oakington
Oa we cannot translate at the moment
  king derived from cyng - the king's
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hochinton(Cambridgeshire)
Hochintone(Cambridgeshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Girton
G we cannot translate at the moment
  ir derived from ir - axe shaped ridge
  ending in ton derived from tun - a settlement on a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Gretone(Cambridgeshire)
Gretone(Nottinghamshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Cambridge
  cam derived from camb - comb - probably derived from teasels
  bridge derived from bricge - a bridge
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Grantebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Grentebrige(Cambridgeshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Withersfield
  wither derived from wiððe - wither a bundle of willow twigs
  s derived from s - of as in 's(belongs to) or multiple
  field derived from feld - a field however quite a number were derived from welle a well
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Haverhill
Hav we cannot translate at the moment
  er derived from ere - a person
  hill derived from hyll - a hill
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Hauerhella(Suffolk)
Haverhella(Suffolk)
Haverhol(Suffolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Wixoe
  wix derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
  oe derived from ewe - sheep
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Witeskeou(Suffolk)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Halstead
  hal derived from heall - hall
  stead derived from stæde - a place or pasture
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Elstede(Leicestershire)
Halsteda(Essex)
Haltesteda(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Ridgewell
  ridge derived from hrycg - ridge - originally a back of an animal
  well derived from wille - A well, spring, fountain
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Ridewella(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Great Yeldham
  great derived from great - big, tall, thick, stout, massive; coarse
Y we cannot translate at the moment
  el derived from el - person
d we cannot translate at the moment
  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.
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Geldeham(Essex)
Geldham(Essex)
Gerham(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Halstead
  hal derived from heall - hall
  stead derived from stæde - a place or pasture
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Elstede(Leicestershire)
Halsteda(Essex)
Haltesteda(Essex)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Castle Hedingham
  starting in castle derived from castellum - Words starting in castle were probably small Roman forts
  heding derived from hengen - a place of hanging
  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 Sible Hedingham
  sib derived from sæ-bat - sea boat
  le derived from leah - A lea, meadow, open space, untilled land
  heding derived from hengen - a place of hanging
  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
 
Locations Shown on map
Original Name Type CountyCurrent Name
Roman City
Ravensburgh Castle (Fort) Roman City Bedfordshire 


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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