Watling Street

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Roman road ancient road historic route

Watling Street is an ancient major Roman road in Britain that ran from Dover through London toward Wroxeter, forming one of the principal routes across Roman and later medieval England.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Watling Street canonical	10
Watling Street (in parts)	1
Watling Street (local section)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman road ⓘ ancient road ⓘ historic route ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) ⓘ Boudican revolt campaign routes ⓘ
connects	Dover ⓘ Kent ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Shropshire ⓘ Wroxeter Roman City ⓘ surface form: Wroxeter
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
crosses	River Medway ⓘ surface form: River Medway at Rochester River Thames at London ⓘ
culturalDesignation	one of the four great Roman roads of Britain ⓘ
followsEarlierRoute	pre-Roman trackway ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	scheduled monument (in various sections) ⓘ
hasRouteDirection	generally southeast–northwest ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
laterUsedBy	Saxons ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxons Normans ⓘ
locatedIn	Great Britain ⓘ surface form: Britain England ⓘ Britannia (Roman province) ⓘ surface form: Roman Britain medieval England ⓘ
maintainedBy	Roman authorities in Britain (historically) ⓘ
modernEquivalent	A2 road ⓘ A5 road ⓘ parts of the M1 motorway corridor ⓘ
namedAfter	Old English personal or tribal name "Wæcel" or "Wæcling" (disputed) ⓘ
partOf	Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary ⓘ Roman roads ⓘ surface form: Roman road network in Britain
passesThrough	Canterbury area ⓘ Dover ⓘ Dunstable ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Rochester ⓘ Roxeter ⓘ St Albans, Hertfordshire ⓘ surface form: St Albans Towcester ⓘ
referencedIn	Anglo-Saxon charters ⓘ medieval English chronicles ⓘ
significantFor	Roman military logistics in Britain ⓘ medieval long-distance travel ⓘ trade and communication in Roman Britain ⓘ
terminus	Dover ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Wroxeter Roman City ⓘ surface form: Wroxeter
usedDuring	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon period Roman period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman roads → hasPart → Watling Street ⓘ

Cricklewood → locatedOn → Watling Street ⓘ

Stony Stratford → locatedOn → Watling Street ⓘ

Leintwardine → hasRomanRoad → Watling Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watling Street (local section)

Verulamium → hasRoadConnection → Watling Street ⓘ

Towcester → locatedOn → Watling Street ⓘ

Itinerary II of the Antonine Itinerary → associatedWith → Watling Street ⓘ

Battle of Watling Street (AD 60 or 61) → namedAfter → Watling Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Watling Street

A5 road → historicalName → Watling Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Watling Street (in parts)

Radlett → locatedOn → Watling Street ⓘ

Roman Ermine Street → linkedTo → Watling Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Ermine Street

A5 → follows → Watling Street ⓘ