Street Lane - Moortown

Si · Post by Si » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 12:40 pm

Simon, See http://www.brrp.bham.ac.uk/construction ... mlPictures of Pompeii, the Via Appia and Blackstone Edge show a flagged surface, but that's rare in Britain. When Roman roads were excavated by archaeologists in the past, the large stones which were originally in the agger, were left in the ground after erosion or ploughing, and were thought to be, incorrectly, the road's surface. They were, however, often flagged at the approach to a ford.It's also been shown that the Romans may have driven on the left (like us,) because where dual tracks leading to Roman quarries have been excavated, the right-hand wheel ruts are deeper, indicating a heavier load (ie carts loaded with stone leaving, and lighter, empty carts arriving.)

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 1:06 pm

http://www.secretleeds.com/forum/Messag ... ID=70Dunno if this thread has any more information on it. Thinking about it though there are the streets called "Roman" around street lane, maybe these are of some relevence. If you look at old maps Street Lane did not originally follow the course it does today. It does deviate slightly, but not much.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 6:02 pm

If you look at Street Lane on google earth or the other one it's not even straight and there's no indicationof where it came from or went to. I doubt very much it has any Roman road near it at all.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 6:04 pm

Good piece on Roman road building Si. I only have Time team to go on..

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 6:21 pm

I wonder if the suggestion that Street Lane might be roman have anything to do with roman remains uncovered during it's construction in 1901. According to "A HISTORY OF ST JOHN'S CHURCH ROUNDHAY" by J. Dickinson & G.D. Webster Quote: In the area of Elmet Hall and Roundhay Park, relics, both of Roman and Celtic origin have been found; three well-preserved bronze axe heads were unearthed when foundations of Street Lane were dug in 1901; a Roman altar was found on the site of the present Braim Wood School in l880 and other indications of bygone occupation were reported by Bogg as "the vestiges of trenches and fortified sites which were found abutting onto Wetherby Road, near Elmet Lane" which led him to conclude that a small Roman outpost was located in the vicinity of Elmet Hall to overawe the Celts dwelling thereabouts in the heart of Elmet.

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 6:42 pm

rikj wrote: Interestingly, Roman roads still lie underneath our more modern ones. During the construction of the A1/M1 link road a section of the Castleford to Tadcaster road was investigated. The original Roman road was found beneath the layers of more modern road making. Also, quarry pits used to provide the original stone for the Roman road were identified alongside the road. This has a lot to do with roman, victorian and modern civil engineers using the same idea ......... attempt to construct as much of a road on well drained ground. If you check a geological map you will see that the A1 (and the old Great North Road) and the roman roads linking Doncaster (Danum) to Catterick (Cataractonium) follows the outcrop of the Jurassic Limestone from the Trent to Aire Vallies.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 6:51 pm

Chrism wrote: If you look at Street Lane on google earth or the other one it's not even straight and there's no indicationof where it came from or went to. I doubt very much it has any Roman road near it at all. It definately ended at Park Lane in the late 19th century, There was very little upon it at one point, just the sportsmans hall and the cottages nearby.In fact if you look at the old cottages that are near the chippy and the "takeaway parade" the street sign on them is an indication that Street Lane really only started here at one point although it did branch off from Harrogate road.

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Thu 25 Sep, 2008 7:02 pm

See the map attached from 1851. Street Lane abruptlu ends, in actual fact I dont even think it went as far as Park Lane.

alanlad · Post by **alanlad** » Wed 07 Apr, 2010 2:05 pm

Don't know if it's relevant but doesn't Tadcaster have a Roman Connection eg. Calcaria, Calcrium etc. . . and it's LS24!

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 07 Apr, 2010 11:33 pm

alanlad wrote: Don't know if it's relevant but doesn't Tadcaster have a Roman Connection eg. Calcaria, Calcrium etc. . . and it's LS24! Don't forget - postcodes are simply an organisationaltool for the post office and often have little relevance to the geographical belongings of a place!