Ermine Street Route Map

This route is marked on many maps. armingford, and arrington share the. The roman map of britain above shows a sector of ermine street for which there was an alternative route.

A preserved roman road that used to lead from londinium (london) north to lindum colonia (lincoln) and eboracum (york). Please note that the route shown is “broad brush”. It remained one of the great roads of england until modern times.

Chesterton to lincoln 51½ miles ermine street crosses the river nene (and in turn crossed by the nene valley railway) and aligned onto a point south west of barnack ( tf066044 ).

Most of the route is now covered by modern roads but there are some sections around north london and lincolnshire that can be walked along. Gj sh № route total length district; The roads within the roman town of durobrivae are at the bottom of the image and the modern villages of castor and ailsworth can be seen across the river nene to the right (photo: Ermine street is a major roman road in england that ran from london to lincoln (lindum colonia) and york ().the old english name was earninga straete (1012), named after a tribe called the earningas, who inhabited a district later known as armingford hundred, around arrington, cambridgeshire, and royston, hertfordshire.