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Icknield Street

Metchley Roman Fort, Warwickshire Templeborough Bourton-on-the-Water Icknield Street 18b Alcester to Wall Icknield Street 18c Wall to Derby Icknield Street 18d Derby to Chesterfield Icknield Street 18e Chesterfield to Templeborough Icknield Street 18a Bourton to Alcester

Icknield Street is in Roman Roads.

43AD. Metchley Roman Fort, Warwickshire [Map] was a Roman Fort on Icknield Street constructed soon after the Roman invasion in 43AD. The fort was around 200 square metres in area and was defended by a turf and earth bank with a timber wall, towers and double ditches. In AD 70, the fort was abandoned, only to be reoccupied a few years later before being abandoned again in AD 120.

Between 43AD and 68AD an earth and wood Roman fort was first built at Templeborough [Map]. It was later rebuilt in stone. It is thought to have been occupied until the Roman withdrawal from Britain c. 410. Icknield Street crossed the River Don near the fort.

Icknield Street, aka Ryknild Street, is a Roman Road from Bourton-on-the-Water [Map] to Templeborough [Map]. Icknield Street is road RM18 in Ivan Margary's book 'Roman Roads in Britain'.

Stonehenge by William Stukeley. Table IV. A view a little beyond Woodyates where the Ikening Street crosses part of a Druid's barrow. Jun 9 1724.

Icknield Street 18b Alcester to Wall

Icknield Street 18c Wall to Derby

Icknield Street 18c Wall to Derby. Leaving Letocetum, Staffordshire [Map] aka Wall the Icknield Way takes a new alignment through Lichfield [Map], Streethay [Map], past Alrewas, Staffordshire [Map], through Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Toyota Island, Staffordshire [Map] crossing the River Derwent before reaching Derventio [Map] aka Derby.

Icknield Street 18d Derby to Chesterfield

Icknield Street 18d Derby to Chesterfield. From Derventio [Map] aka Derby Icknield Street takes a new alignment past Morley, Derbyshire [Map], Smithy Houses, Derbyshire [Map], Street Lane, Derbyshire [Map], Higham, Derbyshire [Map], Oakerthorpe, Derbyshire [Map], Clay Cross, Derbyshire [Map] crossing the River Rother before arriving at Chesterfield, Derbyshire [Map].

Icknield Street 18e Chesterfield to Templeborough

Icknield Street 18e Chesterfield to Templeborough. The route of Icknield Street from Chesterfield, Derbyshire [Map] to Templeborough [Map] is unknown. Speculatively it passed through Old Whittington [Map], Hundall, Derbyshire [Map], Highlane, South Yorkshire [Map], Orgreave [Map].

Icknield Street 18a Bourton to Alcester

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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