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| Cade's Road | |
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| Roman Road | |
 Roman Roads in Britain | |
| Route information | |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km) |
| Margary number | 80 (a ) -- Petuaria to Old Durham (b ) -- Concangis to Pons Aelius |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Petuaria (Brough,Humber Estuary ) |
| Major intersections | Derventio ( Stamford Bridge ), (North-East)--Malton Roman Fort[a] (East)--Bridlington (West)--Eboracum ( York) Lugunduno,River Tees (East)--Dunum Sinus, ( Tees Bay, North Sea) (West)--Piercebridge Roman Fort (North-West)--Vinovia ( Binchester Roman Fort) Old Durham,River Wear (80 b ) Concangis ( Chester-le-Street Roman Fort) (North-East)--Arbeia ( South Shields Roman Fort) |
| To | Pons Aelius ( Newcastle Roman Fort),River Tyne |
| Location | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Road network | |
Cade's Road is aRoman Road in north-east England.[1][2] It is named afterJohn Cade ofDurham, an 18th-century antiquarian who in 1785 proposed its existence and possible course from theHumber Estuary northwards to theRiver Tyne, a distance of about 100 miles (160 km). The road's Roman name is unknown. Although evidence exists for such a road on some parts of the proposed route, there is still some doubt regarding its exact course.[1][3][4]
Examples of place names with the suffix "le-Street":[b]
Cade's Road began atBrough on the north bank of theRiver Humber, where there was a ferry, a Roman fort and civilian settlement (Petuaria) alongside a major Celtic settlement. The road ran northwards throughThorpe le Street andMarket Weighton, before gradually turning westwards (possibly following the line of another Roman road) until it reachedYork (RomanEboracum). From York it continued northwards toThornton-le-Street nearThirsk and on to cross theRiver Tees (on a stone bridge now gone, but stones of which are incorporated into local buildings)[12] nearMiddleton St George andMiddleton One Row, where 'Pounteys Lane' is possibly named after the Roman Pons Tees (Bridge of Tees).
From the Tees the road heads north throughSadberge and thenGreat Stainton (also known as Stainton-le-Street) nearSedgefield. The route of the road in the Durham area is unknown, but it is thought the road passed east ofDurham City, crossing the River Wear atKepier.[13] The road ran past the Roman fort ofConcangis, located atChester-le-Street.[14] Concangis is the only known Roman fort on the road between York and Newcastle.
From Concangis the road headed north throughBirtley toWrekenton, once a village but now a suburb ofGateshead. From Wrekenton, a branch road, known as the Wrekendyke, headed north-east to the Roman fort and harbour ofArbeia atSouth Shields. It has been conjectured that the site of a Roman fort exists on the golf course at Wrekenton, but this has never been confirmed.
Cade's Road continued north from Wrekenton alongGateshead High Street and crossed the Tyne over the Roman bridge ofPons Aelius (Newcastle upon Tyne). It is not believed that the road continued north ofHadrian's Wall.
[for Chester-le-Street] : "Street" from strēt (Anglian), a Roman road
This article derives from local newspaper reports and local amateur group reports listed below:
