Talk:Watling Street

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Does anyone think the second section of this article (The bit quoted from a book) should be deleted. As it dosent realy make a proper article at the moment

If no-one objects I'll take it as a yes.

It should be merged really. ~~

Is this merger OK?. I added the information from the book quote and deleted it.

DOVER? I visited the Roman Ruins at Richborough (Ritupiae) near Sandwich, Kent a couple of years ago whilst on holiday. This is an English Heritage site. According o the information I got there, the original Watling Street headed east out of Canterbury to Ritupiae (not sure about spelling). The land east of the castle was originally detached from the mainland and has filled in over the last 2000 years. This created a landing point which was easy to defend once established and Ritupiae was a fortified town which was the stopping off point for Romans entering and leaving England. Hence the road to Londinium started there, out of the original west gate.

I have not modified the article as I am not 100% certain, maybe someone could look into this.

According to this map Here Watling Street went to Dover. A Roman road went to Ritupae but it probably wasn't the Watling Street. G-Man 19:02, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Beyond Viriconium?

The text says nothing about the section shown on the map beyond Wroxeter, where the road turns south and heads towards South Wales. What's the rationale behind counting this as the continuation of Watling Street, and not as a subsidiary route? Rojomoke 17:54, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milton Keynes Heritage" (map)

References - 1)"Milton Keynes Heritage" (map), Milton Keynes Development Corporation, 1983 links only back to the article. I have this map (somewhere), would there be a copyright issue adding it ?

Until 2053 yes there is! (under UK law. Despite the fact that the tax payer paid for it, the taxpayer doesn't own it). I assume that EP owns the copyright now. Wiki Commons tends to enforce copyright very firmly. It's a real shame because there are loads of good dates on there for all sorts of things. Apart from in the Library, I haven't seen it for years, so it must be out of print. Maybe you could write to EP to ask for it to be put on MKWEB where at least it would be accessible but protected from commercial exploitation? --Concrete Cowboy 17:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Ok, will do. You're right about the dates and the amount of history on it, including how some of the estates and roads got their names too. I really must sort out a username on here sometime.
Found map, requesting permission from English Partnerships (11.12.06)

[edit] Celtic?

Do we have any citations regarding Celtic use? Watling St is pretty straight and most cetltic things were anything but -also is there any evidence of settlement at either Canterbury or St ALbans pre Roman?

[edit] Route of Watling Street

In north of Bury, the town of Affetside has a route called "Watling Street", which I had always assumed was Roman - and the local Council's website seems to agree - http://www.bury.gov.uk/VisitorGuidesAndMaps/History.htm . This isn't refered to anywhere in the text. Could someone who is qualified to assess whether this is true or false consider adding something? larkim 16:42, 19 March 2007 (GMT)

There are other Watling Streets, and as the origin of its name suggests a link with foreigners, any road leading to a "foreign" place could have picked up this name.
— superbfc [ talk | cont ] — 19:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Legions planted an ash tree at every second mile?

There is a claim in article Two Mile Ash that it was a Roman custom to plant an ash tree every two miles. Does anyone have a citation to support this assertion? --Concrete Cowboy 16:42, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Route Uncertainty

Didn't Time Team a few years ago demonstrate that part of the supposed route in Kent was a few hundred yards off? More detail on this from someone would turn into a nice additional snippet for this page. Martin Packer (talk) 11:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)