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Akeman Street and the River Cherwell

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 January 2012

B. H. St. J. O'Neil
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The exact course of the Roman road called Akeman Street in the neighbourhood of the river Cherwell, some 9 miles north of Oxford, for a distance of a little over a mile, has long remained uncertain. The road is traceable from the west as far as the south-east corner of Tackley Park, and from the east as far as the north-west corner of Kirtlington Park. Between these two fixed points the road is, conjecturally, marked on the Ordnance Survey map merely by two parallel dotted straight lines, drawn with the aid of a ruler.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 1929 , pp. 30 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1929

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References

page 32 note 1 The members of the party are much indebted to Miss M. V. Taylor, of the Ashmolean Museum, for counsel and advice, to the owners of various parcels of land, Mr. Budgett of Kirtlington Park, the Oxford Portland Cement Company, and especially the Oxford Canal Company, who permitted the excavation, and to Mr. Evetts, of Tackley Park, for much local information and an invaluable loan of tools.