OS Roman Road Files (RRX)

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PART B - Roads with an RRX number awarded by the Ordnance Survey

File Name	Counties	Route
RRXindex.pdf	INDEX	Incomplete
RRX001.pdf	Norfolk	Billingford to Toftrees
RRX002.pdf	South Yorkshire	Conisbrough to Shelbrooke
RRX003.pdf	Devon	Windwhistle Hill to Honiton
RRX004.pdf	Northamptonshire, Leicestershire	Northampton to Leicester
RRX005.pdf	Shropshire	Wroxeter to Rushton & The Wrekin
RRX006.pdf	Dorset, Devon	Grimstone to Exeter
RRX007.pdf	Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire	Little Chester to Stanton-le-Dale
RRX008.pdf	Northamptonshire	Kettering to Corby
RRX009.pdf	Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire	East Bridgeford (Margidunum) to Chesterfield
RRX010.pdf	Hampshire	Winchester to London
RRX011.pdf	Gwent	Bryn to Sirhowy
RRX012.pdf	Cumbria	Bowness to Maryport
RRX014.pdf	Nottinghamshire	Ollerton to Blyth
RRX015.pdf	Isle of Wight	Gurnard Bay to Gatcombe?
RRX016.pdf	East Sussex	Brighton to Glyndebourne Crossway
RRX017.pdf	Essex	Elmstead Market to St Osyth
RRX018.pdf	Avon	Rangeworthy to Redwick (Severn Estuary)
RRX019.pdf	Bristol, Somerset	Sea Mills to Hornblotton
RRX020.pdf	Shropshire	Ruckley to Longnor Green
RRX021.pdf	London, Buckinghamshire	London to Stokenchurch
RRX022.pdf	Norfolk	Saham Toney to Venta Icenorum
RRX023.pdf	Suffolk	several minor claimed roads in Suffolk
RRX024.pdf	Shropshire, Staffordshire	Chesterton to Wroxeter
RRX025.pdf	North Yorkshire	Overborough to Bainbridge
RRX026.pdf	Kent	Penshurst to Cowden
RRX027.pdf	Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester	Stockport to Melandra
RRX028.pdf	Cheshire, Staffordshire	Chesterton to Chester
RRX029.pdf	York, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire	York to Stamford Bridge
RRX030.pdf	East Riding of Yorkshire	York to Throlam
RRX031.pdf	North Yorkshire	Girsby to Huntcliffe
RRX032.pdf	Norfolk, Lincolnshire	Brisley to Cowbit
RRX033.pdf	Somerset	Charterhouse to Uphill
RRX034.pdf	Lincolnshire	Sleaford to Lincoln
RRX037.pdf	Dorset, Wiltshire	Semley to Penpits
RRX 038.pdf	Northumberland	Housesteads to Stanegate
RRX039.pdf	buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire	Harmondsworth to Fleet Marston
RRX043.pdf	Monmouthshire	Pontypool to Aberdare
RRX045.pdf	Cheshire	Stretton to Appleton
RRX046.pdf	Devon	Broadoak to Woodbury Common
RRX047.pdf	Devon	Three Horseshoes to ?
RRX049.pdf	Gloucestershire	Dymock to
RRX050.pdf	Herefordshire	Blackwardine to Tedstone Wafer
RRX051.pdf	Herefordshire	Tedstone Wafer to Hanley William
RRX052.pdf	Herefordshire, Worcestershire	Kenchester to Worcester
RRX053.pdf	Cornwall	Ludgven to Porthleven
RRX054_1.pdf	Suffolk	Ixworth to Icklingham (2 pdf files)
RRX054_2.pdf	Suffolk
RRX055.pdf	Worcestershire	Grimley to
RRX056.pdf	Northumberland	Chesters to
RRX057.pdf	Shropshire	Greensforge to Uxacona or Wroxeter
RRX059.pdf	Norfolk	North Pickenbarn, R33b to Toftrees and RR39
RRX060.pdf	Devon	Okehampton to Stratton
RRX062.pdf	Norfolk	Several unauthenticated roads in Norfolk
RRX066.pdf	Bristol	5 postulated roads in Bristol
RRX071.pdf	Somerset	Bath to Street
RRX073.pdf	Shropshire, Gwynnedd	Lydham to Dolgellau
RRX074.pdf	Powys, Gwynned	Pantglas to Castell Collen
RRX076.pdf	Powys, Herefordshire	Castell Collen to Leintwardine
RRX082.pdf	Powys, Shropshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Powys
RRX083.pdf	?	Part of RR83 file - Brancepeth to Durham
RRX090.pdf	Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire	Manchester to Melandra
RRX091.pdf	Derbyshire, Cheshire	Buxton to Stockport
RRX092.pdf	Derbyshire	Melandra to Disley
RRX097.pdf	Norfolk	Cawston to Bacton/Mundesley
RRX098.pdf	Lincolnshire	Sleaford to Tattershall
RRX099.pdf	Lincolnshire	Weston to Gedney
RRX100.pdf	Lincolnshire	Halmer Gate to
RRX101.pdf	Norfolk	Barwick or RR33b to Great Walsingham
RRX102.pdf	Essex	Radwinter to Braintree
RRX103.pdf	Essex	Chelmsford to Ongar
RRX 1 04.pdf	Essex, London	Chelmsford to London
RRX105.pdf	Essex	Chelmsford to Heybridge
RRX106.pdf	Essex	Chelmsford to Canvey Island
RRX107.pdf	Essex	Heybridge to
RRX108.pdf	North Yorkshire	Green Hammerton to Copgrove & Markington
RRX 110.pdf	Northumberland	Newcastle to Netherwitton
RRX111.pdf	Norfolk	Gooderstone to Shipdham
RRX112.pdf	Essex	Stanway to Great Braxted
RRX113.pdf	Essex	Colchester to Mistley & a road at Little Bromley
RRX114.pdf	Essex	Colchester to Beaumont Quay
RRX115.pdf	Essex	Elmstead to Alresford
RRX116.pdf	Essex	Colchester to Mersea Island
RRX119.pdf	Essex	Miscellaneous and dubious roads
RRX120.pdf	Durham	Lanchester to Chester-le-Street
RRX122.pdf	Cumbria	Carlisle to Kirkbride
RRX123.pdf	Cumbria	Dean to Moresby
RRX124.pdf	Oxfordshire	Through Swalcliffe Lea to
RRX125.pdf	Derbyshire, South Yorkshire	Hathersage to Sheffield
RRX126.pdf	West Yorkshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in West Yorkshire
RRX127.pdf	Northamptonshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Northamptonshire
RRX128.pdf	Somerset	Ilchester to Ham Hill
RRX129.pdf	Oxfordshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Oxfordshire
RRX130.pdf	Derbyshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Derbyshire
RRX131.pdf	Staffordshire, Derbyshire	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Staffordshire
RRX132.pdf	Durham	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Durham
RRX133.pdf	Cumbria	Unauthenticated Roman roads in Cumbria
RRX134.pdf	West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire	Bradford to Doncaster
RRX135.pdf	East Riding of Yorkshire	Brough to River Hull (now RR290(x))
R R X136.pdf	East Riding of Yorkshire	Bishop Burton to South Newbald
RRX140.pdf	Cheshire	Chester to Middlewich
RRX141.pdf	Cheshire	Farndon to Tilsdon

Many of these roads are unauthenticated and their possible Roman origin should be regarded with caution . There is also a widely variable amount of content, results in file sizes ranging from less than 1MB to almost 140MB,

You will need login details to access these files, only available to RRRA members. IMPORTANT These files and all their content remain copyright. RRRA members and researchers working on our behalf may use these files for research purposes only but you may not reproduce, publish or distribute any part of them without prior written consent of Historic England which must be obtained through RRRA.

Until its closure in 1984, the Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division maintained detailed files on all the known and suspected Roman roads in Britain. The files were then passed on to the respective Royal Commissions on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of England, Wales and Scotland. 35 years after most of the files were last updated, they remain one of the main sources of baseline data for Britain’s Roman roads, and when analysed objectively frequently reveal how thin on firm evidence the claimed routes for many roads actually are. The only way for researchers to access this crucial data was to travel to the respective archives in Swindon, Aberystwyth and Edinburgh, the distances involved making this almost impossible for independent researchers working without the institutional funding.

In order to solve the accessibility issue, in 2017 a decision was made to raise funds to digitise these files, and in 2018 RRRA commissioned a four month project to digitise the Ordnance Survey’s files held in the Historic England Archive in Swindon. Whilst in theory these should be only Roman roads in England, a few Welsh and Scottish roads have crept into the collection, mainly close to the borders. We are now pleased to announce that this first phase of the project is complete, and we can now make those files, in pdf format, available to RRRA members for research purposes. You will need the login details to access each file. The files are in two sets, which we have arranged on separate pages.

OS Roman Road Files A (Margary) include all those roads which were recognised in Ivan Margary’s “Roman Roads in Britain” and given a reference number according to Margary’s own numbering system. The Ordnance Survey used his system, with a prefix RR.

During the course of their work, the Ordnance Survey Archaeological Division identified many roads of a possible Roman origin, which were either not recognised by Margary, or discovered after the final publication of “Roman Roads in Britain” in 1973. These were given the prefix RRX by Ordnance Survey and were numbered sequentially as they were recognised, with no adherence to Margary’s numbering system. These roads are listed in OS Roman Road Files B (RRX).

We aim to make this section complete with the addition of all the Scottish and Welsh OS files in due course.

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