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This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2016) This is a list of all known Roman sites within the county of Lincolnshire. Settlements Name Roman Name Type Location Coordinates Dates Notes Image Alkborough Aquis Fortified Settlement Alkborough Ancaster ? Fortified Settlement Ancaster Brant Broughton Briga Settlement Brant Broughton Broughton Praetorium Broughton ...
The name is a Latinized form of a native Brittonic name which has been reconstructed as *Lindon (lit. "pool" or "lake"; cf. modern Welsh llyn). [6] The primary evidence that modern Lincoln was referred to as Lindum comes from Ptolemy's Geography, which was compiled in about 150 AD, where Lindum is referred to as a polis or town within the tribal area of the Corieltauvi.
The Romans established permanent government in Lincolnshire soon after their invasion of AD 43. The tyrannical rule of the Roman sub-prætor Ostorius Scapula so inflamed the Corieltauvi and their neighbours in Yorkshire, the Brigantes, that the two peoples conducted a simmering, low-key rebellion lasting well into AD 70.
1.19 Lincolnshire. 1.20 London. 1.21 Norfolk. 1.22 Northamptonshire. ... Binchester Roman Fort, (called Vinovia by the Romans), Roman fort north of Bishop Auckland;
A considerable portion of the north gate of Lincoln — the Newport Arch — is standing, but is buried to the extent of about 8 ft (2.4 m). in the soil and débris accumulated since Roman times. The structure is about 34 ft (10 m) deep and has a single passage for the road, 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft (5.3 m) wide.
48 AD – The Romans conquer Lincolnshire, with little resistance from the Celtic inhabitants, and build a fort, which later becomes the site of a town. [1] ca.60 AD – Second fort built for Legio IX Hispana. 71–77 AD – Garrisoned by Legio II Adiutrix. After ca.86 – Becomes Lindum Colonia, a settlement for retired soldiers.
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North Ormsby was in antiquity known as Nun Ormsby. [2] It is documented in the Domesday account as "Ormesbi". [3] The manor comprised 1 smallholder, 10 freemen, 8 ploughlands, 40 acres (0.16 km 2) of meadow and 10 acres (0.040 km 2) of woodland.