There are 7 "Roman Road"s in the London A-Z, plus various "Roman Way"s, etc. And many more current roads are on routes originally created by the Romans.
2020: Diamond Geezer reported on the Bow Roman Road.
2025: Londonist showed these roads highlighted on a modern map.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Roman road
Londonist has tackled the history of Watling Street.
Site of the Roman road built by the Romans c. AD43 Unveiled by Chris Mullin M...
The Romans were in Britain AD 43 - 410 so we think the '900s' on the plaque r...
The original Roman road from London to Colchester ran through here: traces of...
A piling from the Roman river wall found in Fish Street Hill in 1931 is thought to date from AD 75 and to have been destroyed in the AD 120 fire that destroyed Roman London. That's the second Grea...
Roman pottery, also called Sulloniacis. It is known only from an entry in the 'Antonine Itinerary', (a listing of routes and facilities in the Roman Empire). There is some doubt as to the authentic...
Iron-age fort, established circa 250 BC. Although Roman artefacts have been found at the site, any connection with Caesar (Julius or otherwise) is purely fanciful. Nothing tangible of the fort rema...
Roman dictator, politician and general. Born Circa 100 BC. Ruled Rome in a triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey, eventually assuming sole control. Invaded Britain twice, in 55 and 54 BC. Famously as...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Romans, Italy
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
From their website: "PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF WINSTON CHURCHILL By celebrating the timeless values of Sir Winston Churchill, ICS will embolden all generations to understand the historical context o...
Located in Walthamstow. It was originally a workhouse and then a police station. It contains various items from the Victorian era to the 20th century. Its most famous exhibit is the first British m...
Hospital for women and children. Founded by surgeons Eleanor Davies-Colley and Maud Chadburn. Throughout its existence, it was staffed by women only. The original building was designed by Sir Edwin...
Looking at London has a page about these little blue people but even there we can find no origin story explaining why and when the first such statues were erected. We note that there seems to be a ...
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