Ermine Street
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Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London to Lincoln and York. The Old English name was Earninga Strǣt, named after a tribe called the Earningas, who inhabited a district lat
Route of Ermine Street
The Roman Newport Arch in Lincoln
Icknield Way
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The Icknield Way is an ancient trackway in southern and eastern England that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire. It follows the chalk escarpment that includes the Berkshire Downs and Chiltern Hills.
Ermine Street
…Wash and Freezy Water) to Royston. This section of Ermine Street from London to Royston is now largely part of the A10. At this point it crosses the Icknield Way. From Royston, it was formerly the A14 to the A1 but now it is the A1198 to Godmanchester (Durovigutum). Ignoring bypasses and modern diversions, the…
Icknield Way near Lewknor in Oxfordshire
The same view of the Icknield Way near Lewknor from 2005 before the byway was restricted to exclude motor vehicles
Spencer Gore: "Icknield Way", 1912. Used as the cover picture of "The Icknield Way Path – A Walkers' Guide" published by the Icknield Way Association in 2012