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Map Position
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 53.71331,-1.35559 in West Yorkshire.
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 28b which goes from Doncaster - Tadcaster(Doncaster - Tadcaster)commonly known as 'Roman Ridge'.
Icon Key:

28b - Doncaster to Tadcaster
(Doncaster to Tadcaster)
commonly known as 'Roman Ridge'

Ivan D Margary Roman Road 28b starting near Doncaster in South Yorkshire ending near Tadcaster in North Yorkshire ....

This route passes through the following locations.
Doncaster  South Yorkshire
Woodlands  South Yorkshire
Doncaster  South Yorkshire
Campsall  South Yorkshire
Pontefract  West Yorkshire
East Hardwick  West Yorkshire
Pontefract  West Yorkshire
Castleford  West Yorkshire
Allerton Bywater  West Yorkshire
Kippax  West Yorkshire
Leeds  West Yorkshire
Tadcaster  North Yorkshire
Current translation for Doncaster
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
  caster derived from cæster - roman fortified town- from latin castrum
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Donecastre(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Woodlands
  wood derived from wudu - wudu, earlier widu tree, trees collectively, forest, grove.
  lands derived from land - ground, earth or field
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Doncaster
  ending in don derived from dun - a place near a steep hill/hillfort
  caster derived from cæster - roman fortified town- from latin castrum
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Donecastre(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Campsall
C we cannot translate at the moment
  amp derived from þam - well watered or wet area
  sall derived from sal - a rope, cord, line or rein
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Cansale(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Pontefract
  ponte derived from pons - bridge
  fract derived from fractus - broken
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for East Hardwick
  east derived from east - east
  hard derived from heard - solid and firm
  wick derived from vicus - small provincial roman town
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Pontefract
  ponte derived from pons - bridge
  fract derived from fractus - broken
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Castleford
  starting in castle derived from castellum - Words starting in castle were probably small Roman forts
  ford derived from forda - shallow place where a river can be crossed
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Allerton Bywater
  aller derived from ellen/alr/aler - elder trees
t we cannot translate at the moment
  on derived from on - near
  ending in by|by derived from buð - shelter
  water derived from wæter - water
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Kippax
  kipp derived from cyp - chip, beam, log, trunk of a tree
  ax derived from æsc - ash tree
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Names found:Chipesch(Berkshire)
Chipesch(Yorkshire)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Leeds
  leeds derived from hlæd / hlida - a pile or mound or agger / a ford
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Esledes(Kent)
Place name translation provided by saxonhistory.co.uk
Current translation for Tadcaster
  tad derived from tadige - toad
  caster derived from cæster - roman fortified town- from latin castrum
Found in Domesday 1086AD
Name found:Tatecastre(Yorkshire)
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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