MenuDere Street, Northumberland
Dere Street (or Deere Street) is a Roman road that passes through Northumberland. It was built by occupying Romans in AD 79—81. It was reused during the time of the Antonine Wall some 60 years later. It also found use in 1298, when King Edward I of England marched his forces north along Dere Street to the Battle of Falkirk. The road which ran north from Eboracum (York), crossing the Stanegate at Corbridge (Hadrian's Wall was crossed at the Portgate, just to the north) and continuing beyond into what is now Scotland, later at least as far as the Antonine Wall. It is within the council area of Northumberland. More...
Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.233962,-2.2145861
Grid Reference: NY864933
Police Area: Northumbria
Council Area: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Otterburn CP
Country: England
GBPNID: 301308
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Dere_Street,_Northumberland_301308
Peruse Northumberland on Wikishire
Portions of its route are still followed by modern roads, including the A1(M) (south of the River Tees), the B6275 road through Piercebridge, where Dere Street crosses the River Tees, and the A68 north of Corbridge in Northumberland. And parts of the road in Scotland were later known as St Cuthbert's Way and as the Royal Way (Mediæval Latin: Via Regia). The Roman name for the route is lost. Its English name corresponds with the post-Roman Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira, through which the first part of its route lies. That kingdom possibly took its name from the Yorkshire River Derwent. The term 'street' derives from its Old English sense (from Latin: via strata), which referred to any paved road and had no particular association with urban thoroughfares. The Roman equivalent of Watling Street, the Antonine Itinerary's 2nd British route, shared Dere Street's trunk road between Eboracum and Cataractonium (Catterick) before branching off to the north-west to communicate with Luguvalium (Carlisle). Owing to this, some stretches or the entirety of Dere Street is sometimes referenced as 'Watling Street'.
Place Type: Roman Remains
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.233962,-2.2145861
Grid Reference: NY864933
Police Area: Northumbria
Council Area: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Otterburn CP
Country: England
GBPNID: 301308
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Dere_Street,_Northumberland_301308
Peruse Northumberland on WikishirePortions of its route are still followed by modern roads, including the A1(M) (south of the River Tees), the B6275 road through Piercebridge, where Dere Street crosses the River Tees, and the A68 north of Corbridge in Northumberland. And parts of the road in Scotland were later known as St Cuthbert's Way and as the Royal Way (Mediæval Latin: Via Regia). The Roman name for the route is lost. Its English name corresponds with the post-Roman Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira, through which the first part of its route lies. That kingdom possibly took its name from the Yorkshire River Derwent. The term 'street' derives from its Old English sense (from Latin: via strata), which referred to any paved road and had no particular association with urban thoroughfares. The Roman equivalent of Watling Street, the Antonine Itinerary's 2nd British route, shared Dere Street's trunk road between Eboracum and Cataractonium (Catterick) before branching off to the north-west to communicate with Luguvalium (Carlisle). Owing to this, some stretches or the entirety of Dere Street is sometimes referenced as 'Watling Street'.