Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| roman road 7e, Cumbria | ||
| locality:- | Brougham | |
| locality:- | Penrith | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality:- | Carlisle | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | roman road | |
| locality type:- | road | |
| 10Km square:- | NY52 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY44 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
| references:- | Margary, Ivan D: 1973 (3rd edn): Roman Roads in Britain: Baker, John (London):: ISBN
0 212 97001 1; describes the route in moderate detail |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 13) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. OS County Series (Cmd 31 10) OS County Series (Cmd 31 14) "ROMAN ROAD (Site of)" |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. OS County Series (Cmd 39 11) OS County Series (Cmd 49 16) "ROMAN ROAD (Remains of)" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) |
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| source data:- | Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England,
Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. goto sourcePage 189:- "..." "The rev. Mr. Robert Patten of Carlisle or Penrith, who had been in Denmark and at Tunis, writes thus to Mr. Horsley, Jan. 30, 1730/1:" ""I measured the Roman causeway which goes close by Old Penrith in several places, and find it answer 21 feet. ... I find the Roman way runs over Penrith fields to Brougham, where has been a station; ..."" |
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| mapping:- | In Cumberland, approximately:- | |
| to link:- | roman fort, Brougham (passes by east gate) |
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| place:- | NY53852910 (?) / Eamont, River / Brougham Castle Bridge / Brougham / Penrith / Cumbria | |
| place:- | NY53822921 | |
| place:- | NY52813001 (through built up areas) / Penrith / Penrith / Cumbria | |
| place:- | NY51543128 | |
| to link:- | roman road, Penrith |
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| place:- | NY51193172 (about) | |
| place:- | NY50763257 (about) / Inglewood Road / Penrith / Cumbria | |
| place:- | NY50573368 (etc, A6 road) | |
| place identity:- | roman camp, Plumpton Head |
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| to link:- | roman fort, Old Penrith (passes by east gate) |
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| place:- | NY48384257 (etc, A6 road) | |
| place:- | NY47544447 (about) / High Hesket / Hesket / Cumbria | |
| place:- | NY46514638 (about) / Low Hesket / Hesket / Cumbria | |
| place:- | NY42785286 (about) / Carleton / St Cuthbert Without / Cumbria | |
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