File:Roman Roads of Britain - Matthew Paris, Book of Additions (c.1250), f. 187v.jpg
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DescriptionRoman Roads of Britain - Matthew Paris, Book of Additions (c.1250), f. 187v.jpg |
English: Diagram showing the "Four Highways" of Britain:Ermine Street, Fosse Way, Watling Street and Ickneild Way, as identified by Henry of Huntingdon (c.1130) and specified in the so-called Leges Edwardi Confessoris.(c.1140) The map is orientated with West at the top, North to the right. In the middle of the map is Dunstable (where there was a cell of the Abbey of St Albans), through which roads cross from Salisbury to Bury St Edmunds (Ickneild Way), Dover to Chester (Watling Street), Ermine Street running South to North, and the Fosse Way shown running from Exeter to Caithness. Further reading: O. Roucoux, The Roman Watling Street: from London to High Cross, Dunstable Museum Trust, 1984; pp. 62–63 |
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circa 1250 date QS:P,+1250-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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The Book of Additions (Liber Additamentorum), British Library Cotton MS Nero D I, fol. 187v. |
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