ICKNIELD STREET

ĭkˈnēld, name for a prehistoric road in England, extending SW from the Wash, along the line of the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, to Salisbury Plain.

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books on: Icknield Street  - 80 results

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The Romans in Britain
Book by Bertram C. A. Windle; Methuen, 1923
Subjects: Great Britain--Antiquities, Roman
...AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, WITH THEIR CITIES AQUAE SULIS, CORINIUM, GLEVUM 114 x. ICKNIELD STREET AND SOME OTHER SOUTHERN ROADS AND CITIES 127 xi. THE HOUSE IN ROMAN BRITAIN...
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A History of Ancient Geography
Book by H. F. Tozer; Biblo and Tannen, 1971
Subjects: Geography, Ancient--History
...Cottiae, Graiae, and Penninae--Roman Roads in Gaul, and in Britain--Watling Street-- Fosse Way -- Ermine Street -- Icknield Street -- Passes of the Alpes Rhaeticae and Juliae--Road through Pannonia to Byzantium--The Via Appia--The Via...
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The Roman Occupation of Britain
Book by George MacDonald, F. Haverfield; The Clarendon Press, 1924
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Roman Period, B.C. 55-A.D. 449
...Gaul" xi, pp. 532-534 ; "Icknield Street" xiv, p. 271 ; "Roman Army...group of highways -- Foss Way, Icknield Street, Watling Street, Ermine Street...rather, indefinite courses: Icknield Street, he says, ran from east to west...
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English Place-Names
Book by Kenneth Cameron; B. T. Batsford, 1961
Subjects: Names, Geographical--England
...B. T. BATSFORD LTD. 4 Fitzhardinge Street, Portman Square, London W.1 PREFACE...184 19 Street-names 194...the bishop was moved from Chester-le-Street to Durham in 955 and to the new cathedral...
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Matthew Paris
Book by Richard Vaughan; Cambridge University Press, 1958
Subjects: Paris, Matthew--1200-1259
...SYNDICS OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London, N.W. 1 American Branch: 32 East 57th Street, New York 22, N.Y. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 1958 Printed in Great Britain at the University Press, Cambridge...
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journal articles on: Icknield Street  - 1 result

 
 
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Damage to Property by Runoff from Agricultural Land, South Downs, Southern England, 1976-93
Journal article by John Boardman; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 161, 1995
Subjects: Floods--Management, Runoff--Environmental aspects, Soil erosion--Environmental aspects, United Kingdom--Environmental aspects
...This has resulted in non-functioning of street drainage systems that rely on soakaways...Blackman, 1990a). During runoff events street drainage systems are frequently blocked...will prevent soil being washed into the street. These powers have been used on the Isle...


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newspaper articles on: Icknield Street  - 77 results

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Double Chinn: Roman Down Our Old Street!
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), August 21, 1999
...constructed by the Romans. This was Icknield Street, which ran from Bourton on the...matters even more puzzling, Icknield Street is also known as Ricknield Street...Reaching Brum from Beoley, Icknield Street went by way of Lifford Lane...
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The 2-Mile Tip; Exclusive Longest Street Is Left an Eyesore by Dumpers
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), October 7, 2007
...afflicting a two-mile stretch of Icknield Street at Kings Norton, Birmingham...Worcestershire, said: "I use Icknield Street as a shortcut to get to assignments...is at the Birmingham end of Icknield Street, coming over the border from...
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Find Killers Who Left Our Parents Dying in Street
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 3, 2005
...and Mrs Whyne, who lived in St Andrews Road, Bordesley Green, were turning right from the busy Icknield Street dual carriageway into Pitsford Street when the Mercedes CLK slammed into the side of their car. The impact crushed part of the front...
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Chord Deeley Raises Flag for St Georges; DEVELOPMENT
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), January 17, 2008
...The 6.8 acre site, bounded by Icknield Street, Camden Street and Carver Street...prominent new gateway at the Icknield Street entrance to the Jewellery Quarter...to be built on the corner of Icknield Street and Pope Street. The proposed...
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Letter: GET YOUR SKATES ON
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), December 16, 2007
...ice rink by my friend Norman Payne. We had been to Icknield Street School together, and then worked as lathe operators...and pals at the Spring Hill skating rink and (below) Icknield Street school outing to swallow Falls in 1938
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encyclopedia articles on: Icknield Street  - 4 results

 
 
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Icknield Street
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ICKNIELD STREET ik neld, name for a prehistoric road in England, extending SW from the Wash, along the line of the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire...
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Dunstable
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...town (1991 pop. 30,912), Central Bedfordshire, SE England. Located at the meeting point of the ancient Icknield Street and Watling Street , Dunstable is a developing residential and industrial district, with printing and cement plants and extensive...
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Buckinghamshire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...farther south. Industries have developed in Aylesbury, High Wycombe, and Wolverton. In ancient times Icknield Street and Watling Street crossed the county, which has extensive Roman and pre-Roman remains. Thomas Gray is buried at Stoke...
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Roman Roads
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...purposes. The best-known British roads were Ermine Street , Fosse Way , Watling Street , and the pre-Roman Icknield Street . See T. Ashby, The Roman Campagna in Classical Times (1927, repr. 1970); I. D. Margary, Roman Roads in Britain...


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