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Ermine Street
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Ermine Street
Ermine Street
is the name of a major
Roman road
in England that ran from
London
(
Londinium
) to
Lincoln
(
Lindum Colonia
) and
York
(
Eboracum
). The
Old English
name was "Earninga Straete" (1012), named after a tribe called the
Earningas
, who inhabited a district later known as
Armingford Hundred
, around
Arrington, Cambridgeshire
and
Royston, Hertfordshire
. "Armingford", and "Arrington" share the same Old English origin. The original Roman name for the route is unknown. It is also known as the
Old North Road
from London to where it joins the
A1
Great North Road
near
Godmanchester
.
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