Watling Street

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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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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
linked to: London, England

Shropshire
Wroxeter
linked to: Wroxeter Roman City
country United Kingdom
crosses River Medway at Rochester
linked to: River Medway

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 Anglo-Saxons
linked to: Saxons

Normans
locatedIn Britain
linked to: Great Britain

England
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 road network in Britain
linked to: Roman roads
passesThrough Canterbury area
Dover
Dunstable
London
linked to: London, England

Rochester
Roxeter
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
linked to: London, England

Wroxeter
linked to: Wroxeter Roman City
usedDuring Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England

Roman period
medieval period

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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 (local section)
linked to: Watling Street
Verulamium hasRoadConnection Watling Street
Towcester locatedOn Watling Street
Battle of Watling Street namedAfter Watling Street
A5 road historicalName Watling Street (in parts)
linked to: Watling Street
Radlett locatedOn Watling Street
Ermine Street linkedTo Watling Street
subject linked to: Roman Ermine Street
A5 follows Watling Street