old names are funny like how Islington used to be called Gizzlington
Note: the road shown diverting south from Walting Street to the north of Peckham is the Roman London-Lewes way. It is questionable whether this road would have been that visible in Anglo-Saxon times. Unlike other Roman roads, it did not remain in use as a travel alignment; indeed, it was altogether forgotten until Ivan Margary’s archaeological investigations in the 1920s and 1930s uncovered it. Many of the Roman roads which were known by the Saxons left traces behind in terms of property boundaries, established trackways, or ecclesiastical boundaries – but there are very few remnants of that kind for the London-Lewes road, although there are some potential markers, such as the alignment of Ivydale Road.
One interesting speculation is whether there would have been trackways that were not made into formal roads by the Romans, but would still have been paths of major local importance. For instance, some argue that there may have been a South London trackway marking the rough line where the marshland near the Thames gives way to land sloping up to higher ground like Shooters Hill and the hills of the Norwood Ridge, and modern roads such as the A202 follow its rough alignment. But I don’t think there has been much conclusive archaeological evidence to back this up yet.
Awesome! Thanks 🙂
Literally just realised that Camberwell = Camber Well.
Interesting that you can see the A1, A2, A4 and A5 that the Romans built.
Really cool!
What I find really cool more so is how I know all the modern names of the places listed.
I’m in Mitcham and to see it spelt like that is kinda crazy.
Also kinda heart warming to know my town goes back this far.
u/Max2310 please credit your source don’t just steal!
Oh, I like how Woolwich came from Uuluuich
How Saxon of Knightsbridge: Cnihtebricge.
Didn’t realise there were quite so many fields of Battenberg near London.
Camberwelle has gotten so gentrified these days smh remember when it was just two wooden houses
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The good old days 🤭💭
Not a phone to be seen people just living in the moment.
It always bends my brain a little when Westminster was built there as it was out of the city.
Thanks so much for this; I was telling someone about Brixges Stane just this weekend.
Da f**k is going on with Uuluuich…?
It looks like the map from Raven on CBBC 😅
Seeing my town name spelt differently is very bizarre.
I always love this kind of thing – such a strong connection to a very distant past. Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to see this imposed over a map of current London
I love that every place I’ve lived is one of the named places on here 😍 (Padintune, Haeringe, Panceat, Camber Welle)
I wonder if Anglo-Saxons chanted “We’re off to Wemba Lea!” when they went hunting or wood gathering or whatever they did there?
I can see why they call it Wimbledon, no one’s pronouncing Wunnemandunne
Also,
Petition to rename Morden back to Mordune, sounds so much better than Morden
This feels fake but idk
Interesting that Stratford is there, I’d have though that would be more recent than that
Breguntford Massive.
Where is this map from? What is the source?
I like how the river through Clopton is now the Hertford canal/ Victoria park ponds.
Source: https://londonist.com/2014/01/anglo-saxon-london-map-updated
I can see my house!
Where is Súð heal!!!
old names are funny like how Islington used to be called Gizzlington
Note: the road shown diverting south from Walting Street to the north of Peckham is the Roman London-Lewes way. It is questionable whether this road would have been that visible in Anglo-Saxon times. Unlike other Roman roads, it did not remain in use as a travel alignment; indeed, it was altogether forgotten until Ivan Margary’s archaeological investigations in the 1920s and 1930s uncovered it. Many of the Roman roads which were known by the Saxons left traces behind in terms of property boundaries, established trackways, or ecclesiastical boundaries – but there are very few remnants of that kind for the London-Lewes road, although there are some potential markers, such as the alignment of Ivydale Road.
One interesting speculation is whether there would have been trackways that were not made into formal roads by the Romans, but would still have been paths of major local importance. For instance, some argue that there may have been a South London trackway marking the rough line where the marshland near the Thames gives way to land sloping up to higher ground like Shooters Hill and the hills of the Norwood Ridge, and modern roads such as the A202 follow its rough alignment. But I don’t think there has been much conclusive archaeological evidence to back this up yet.
Awesome! Thanks 🙂
Literally just realised that Camberwell = Camber Well.
Interesting that you can see the A1, A2, A4 and A5 that the Romans built.
Really cool!
What I find really cool more so is how I know all the modern names of the places listed.
I’m in Mitcham and to see it spelt like that is kinda crazy.
Also kinda heart warming to know my town goes back this far.
u/Max2310 please credit your source don’t just steal!
Oh, I like how Woolwich came from Uuluuich
How Saxon of Knightsbridge: Cnihtebricge.
Didn’t realise there were quite so many fields of Battenberg near London.
Camberwelle has gotten so gentrified these days smh remember when it was just two wooden houses
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