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Absolutely fascinating, fascinating stuff. Apart from the East London aspects, interesting to hear that Oxford Street may have been part of the original Londinium Northern Bypass.
MO | 17.08.20 - 7:13 a.m. | #
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Super interesting, learned something today, thanks.
Kevin | 17.08.20 - 7:51 a.m. | #
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Fascinating read, the history of the road network tends to get overlooked because 'its always been there', and the building of new ones has been overshadowed by more picturesque canals and railways, or if it does get coverage, its to talk about the abolition of the turnpike system.
Still Anon | 17.08.20 - 8:07 a.m. | #
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Thank you! I had wondered how Old Ford had got its name.
Half a Physicist | 17.08.20 - 8:46 a.m. | #
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One thing I've been looking for for ages is an overlay map where you can plot the best estimate of where Roman roads were over a modern map. My Google-fu may be weak, or it flat out doesn't exist. If you could adjust the transparency of the overlay and get a good idea of which modern roads mirror the old routes, I think it would be pretty nifty. Even though a fair bit would be guesswork.
Chz | 17.08.20 - 8:56 a.m. | #
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Seems odd to shift the road half a mile south, instead of just building a bridge next to the ford as you find in many places. I'm guessing it was a much easier place to bridge or crossed better land generally for maintaining a road along.
Andrew S | 17.08.20 - 8:58 a.m. | #
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It is pieces like this that make me a DG regular. Fascinating stuff about the evolution of our city. Thanks.
MK | 17.08.20 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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Very interesting, more of this type of stuff please.
Simon P | 17.08.20 - 9:28 a.m. | #
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Fascinating again DG. I have passed that Capital Ring junction many times, most recently a month ago, and would have never have imagined I was crossing a Roman road.
davews | 17.08.20 - 9:32 a.m. | #
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Thanks. I too find this sort of stuff right up my street.
Dave | 17.08.20 - 10:03 a.m. | #
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Chz: here’s a link to an overlay map of the City of London in Roman times. Someone here will hopefully know of a national map.
Toni | 17.08.20 - 11:07 a.m. | #
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Fascinating.
I've often wondered about the evolution of the route north. Even in recent times the route of A1 has changed massively.
Caz | 17.08.20 - 11:29 a.m. | #
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This is great, DG. Answers so many questions I'd half asked myself about street names round here.
Dominic Sayers | 17.08.20 - 11:31 a.m. | #
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Roman Road (as far as St Stephen's Road) pretty much matches the Roman road, near enough, then veers off-line to head towards Shoreditch instead.
Whitechapel High Street (as far as the bell foundry) pretty much matches the Roman road, near enough, then veers off-line to head towards Bow instead.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.08.20 - 11:56 a.m. | #
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Fascinating. One of my plans is to walk London's Roman Roads.
I was on a guided walk in Holborn and was told that High Holborn & Oxford Street were both part of the same Roman Road, and being just outside the City walls it does make sense that it was a bypass.
Cornish Cockney | 17.08.20 - 12:34 p.m. | #
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Couple of years ago St Johns Stratford had water coming in through the crypt floor. When they dug it up they found a piece of Roman Road under it. (MoL checked it)
Also, a map, though can't swear to it's accuracy
scribblemaps.com/Roman_Street_Map
VV | 17.08.20 - 12:51 p.m. | #
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That's a great map, thanks.
(although it does show a Roman road crossing Bow bridge, which didn't exist until 1000 years later, so no, it's not 100% accurate).
diamond geezer | Homepage | 17.08.20 - 12:58 p.m. | #
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I always thought it was named after the old Ford someone had dumped in the river.
Ned | 17.08.20 - 1:25 p.m. | #
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Fantastic post. Thanks DG.
THC | 17.08.20 - 6:36 p.m. | #
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I had never thought of Boudicca taking the A12 to London, but maybe she did!
Jimmy | 18.08.20 - 6:32 a.m. | #
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For anyone interested in old/new London map overlays, do take a look at the Layers of London project here - www.layersoflondon.org
Alan S | 18.08.20 - 8:06 a.m. | #
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