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RYKNIELD-STREET, an ancient British way, adoptedby the Romans, from Gloucester, north-by-eastward, to Aldborough in Yorkshire; and probably thence also to the mouth of the river Tyne. It went by Alcester; sentoff a branch from the vicinity of Hagley to Droitwich and Kenchester; crossed Watling-street at Wall in Staffordshire; crossed the Via Devana at Branston; proceeded by Little Chester, Chesterfield, and Temple-Brough, to Aldborough; and, if it went thence to the mouth of the Tyne, went by Catterick and Binchester.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "an ancient British way" (ADL Feature Type: "roadways") |
Administrative units: | Gloucestershire AncC |
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