Mareham Lane
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Mareham Lane is an unclassified road between Graby and Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 10.6 miles (17.1 km) long.
Contents
The Roman Road
For most of its length Mareham Lane follows the route of a minor Roman road, and the name is also used for that Roman road from Bourne to the original ford at Sleaford[1] and perhaps on to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia).[2][3]
Margary numbers
Ivan Margary allocated the following Margary numbers in his classification scheme:[4]
- RR260 Bourne-Sleaford
- RR262 Sleaford-Bracebridge Heath
| Selection of photographs from the collection on Wikimedia Commons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Route details
| Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footpath to Cawthorpe | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF095216 | King street deviates from modern A15, to go through Stainfield to Ancaster. Start of Roman Mareham Lane
|
| Old Beck culvert | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF090273 | Bottom of Windmill Hill, Rippingale. Start of linear Roman alignment on OS map |
| Layby at Graby | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF092288 | Modern A15 straightened in the late 20th century. Roman alignment continues into lay-by |
| Footpath to Graby Lane | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF093290 | Roman alignment continues across field as public footpath
|
| Graby Lane | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF094294 | End of footpath. Start of Modern Mareham Lane. End of mapped Roman alignment |
| Ford | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF094303 |
|
| Dry Ford | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF094338 | Seasonally intermittent Stream, sometimes appears across road. Stream flows into Ouse Mere Lode |
| Billingborough crossroads | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF093340 | Billingborough road, Folkingham Folkingham road, Billingborough. |
| Stow Green | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF094351 | Site of Stow Fair. Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery. |
| Threekinghham crossroads | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF092364 | Modern A52 crosses Modern Mareham Lane.
|
| Mareham House | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF090380 | Road junction at Spanby
|
| Bend | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF083438 | Northern end of Roman alignment on OS map. Modern road deviates, and Roman Alignment becomes unclear. |
| Corner | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF081447 | Modern Mareham road turns left. This different alignment continues toward the old ford at Sleaford as a footpath. |
| Parish boundary | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF079450 | Modified alignment continues past modern Mareham Lane as parish boundary Public footpath alongside. |
| Sleaford level crossing | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF069453 | End of modern road called Mareham Lane at Sleaford level crossing.
|
| cropmark | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF084442 | Possible continuation of straight alignment after the bend[5]
|
| cropmark | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF084456 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road not on expected alignment.[6]
|
| Ruskington | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | TF081501 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road to south of Ruskington, on public footpath.[7] Speculative northern continuation from Sleaford to Lincoln |
See also
- High Dyke, Lincolnshire
- King Street (Roman road) Water Newton to Bourne to Ancaster, Margary number RR26
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
Cite error: Invalid <references> tag; parameter "group" is allowed only.
<references />, or <references group="..." />- Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
Script error: No such module "Attached KML".
- ↑ RR260: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
