Mareham_Lane
Mareham Lane
Road in England
Mareham Lane is an unclassified road between Graby and Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 10.6 miles (17.1 km) long.
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]
Ivan Margary allocated the following Margary numbers in his classification scheme:[4]
- RR260 Bourne-Sleaford
- RR262 Sleaford-Bracebridge Heath
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More information Point, Coordinates (Links to map resources) ...
| Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footpath to Cawthorpe | 52.78136°N 0.37688°W / 52.78136; -0.37688 (Footpath to Cawthorpe) | TF095216 | King street deviates from modern A15, to go through Stainfield to Ancaster. Start of Roman Mareham Lane |
| Old Beck culvert | 52.833°N 0.382338°W / 52.833; -0.382338 (Old Beck culvert) | TF090273 | Bottom of Windmill Hill, Rippingale. Start of linear Roman alignment on OS map |
| Layby at Graby | 52.84589°N 0.379076°W / 52.84589; -0.379076 (Layby at Graby) | TF092288 | Modern A15 straightened in the late 20th century. Roman alignment continues into lay-by |
| Footpath to Graby Lane | 52.8479°N 0.37839°W / 52.8479; -0.37839 (Footpath to Graby Lane) | TF093290 | Roman alignment continues across field as public footpath |
| Graby Lane | 52.85179°N 0.376201°W / 52.85179; -0.376201 (Graby Lane) | TF094294 | End of footpath. Start of Modern Mareham Lane |
| Ford | 52.85909°N 0.375624°W / 52.85909; -0.375624 (Ford) | TF094303 | |
| Dry Ford | 52.891069°N 0.375180°W / 52.891069; -0.375180 (Dry Ford) | TF094338 | Seasonally intermittent Stream, sometimes appears across road. Stream flows into Ouse Mere Lode |
| Billingborough crossroads | 52.89308°N 0.37610°W / 52.89308; -0.37610 (Billingborough crossroads) | TF093340 | Billingborough road, Folkingham Folkingham road, Billingborough. |
| Stow Green | 52.902246°N 0.374673°W / 52.902246; -0.374673 (Stow Green) | TF094351 | Site of Stow Fair. Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery. |
| Threekinghham crossroads | 52.914059°N 0.377324°W / 52.914059; -0.377324 (Threekinghham crossroads) | TF092364 | Modern A52 crosses Modern Mareham Lane. |
| Mareham House | 52.92864°N 0.379285°W / 52.92864; -0.379285 (Mareham House) | TF090380 | Road junction at Spanby |
| Bend | 52.980883°N 0.387184°W / 52.980883; -0.387184 (Bend) | TF083438 | Northern end of Roman alignment on OS map. Modern road deviates, and Roman Alignment becomes unclear. |
| Corner | 52.989179°N 0.391002°W / 52.989179; -0.391002 (Corner) | TF081447 | Modern Mareham road turns left. This different alignment continues toward the old ford at Sleaford as a footpath. |
| Parish boundary | 52.992037°N 0.392937°W / 52.992037; -0.392937 (Parish boundary) | TF079450 | Modified alignment continues past modern Mareham Lane as parish boundary Public footpath alongside. |
| Sleaford level crossing | 52.995258°N 0.408493°W / 52.995258; -0.408493 (Sleaford level crossing) | TF069453 | End of modern road called Mareham Lane at Sleaford level crossing. |
| cropmark | 52.984625°N 0.386017°W / 52.984625; -0.386017 (cropmark) | TF084442 | Possible continuation of straight alignment after the bend[5] |
| cropmark | 52.997205°N 0.385548°W / 52.997205; -0.385548 (cropmark) | TF084456 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road not on expected alignment.[6] |
| Ruskington | 53.037701°N 0.388510°W / 53.037701; -0.388510 (Ruskington) | TF081501 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road to south of Ruskington, on public footpath.[7] Speculative northern continuation from Sleaford to Lincoln |
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- High Dyke, Lincolnshire
- King Street (Roman road) Water Newton to Bourne to Ancaster, Margary number RR26
- RR260: Margary, Ivan Donald (1973). Roman roads in Britain. J. Baker. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-212-97001-8.
- Historic England. "Roman Road RR260 Bourne to Lincoln via Sleaford (1061192)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Historic England. "Roman Road RR262 Sleaford to Lincoln via Bracebridge Heath (1061215)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Margary, Ivan Donald. Roman roads in Britain.
- Historic England. "Cropmark near bend in the road (1044205)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Historic England. "Cropmark to east of original alignment (1049491)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Historic England. "Cropmark on Footpath near Ruskington (1049494)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- Whitwell, J B (1992). Roman Lincolnshire. The Society of Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. ISBN 0-902668-16-1.
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