Volume contents
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN ROAD [Ancrum parish] | Roman Road | Chalmers Caledonia Jeffrey's History of Roxburghshire {map published by the society for promoting useful knowledge}. Itinera of Richard of Cirencester Antonini Iter Britanniarum |
014.08; 015.05 | A portion of one of the great Roman Military Roads called by the Saxons "Watling Street" from the Saxon "Wathal" a road or way. It starts from the Praetorium in Yorkshire and on its way North crosses the River Tees at Pierse Bridge where there are the remains of a Station on the North bank of the River. It then proceeds by Binchester, Lanchester and Ebchester at which place it leaves the County of Durham and enters the County of Northumberland. It then stretches away to Corbridge where it passes the River Tyne. the foundations of this Bridge still exist. From Corbridge it proceeds onwards to the wall which runs between Solway and the Tyne, and passes it a little to the westward of Hunnum. From this place the road runs Northward to the East of Cocklaw, Swineburn, and Chipchase Castles to Risingham Station. After leaving |
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Parish of Ancrum
W Beatty CA [Civilian Assistant]
This note viz. via militaris Antoninus Iter 5th is not correct. This road is not the 5th Iter of Antoninus. See Correspondence relating to this dated January 14th 1865 by Mr Hall and January 17th 1865 by Captain Carey R.E. [Royal Engineers] and Colonel Cameron's Decision 10/2-1865.
The Note - now erased from the 1/2500 Scale Plans and from the 6 inch scale photographs.
J Carpenter
Examn: [Examiners] Office Southampton
March 1865
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county, OS Name Books - Roxburgh county - Volume 1 - Parish of Ancrum, OS1/29/1
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Ancrum.
Ordnance Survey - Roxburgh county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Roxburgh, which is in the south east of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.