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Akeman Street

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Akeman Street (Roman road from Bath to St Albans). Accemannestrete 12th cent. OE strǣt ‘Roman road’ with an uncertain first element also found in an early alternative name for Bath, Acemannes ceastre 10th cent., from OE ceaster ‘Roman town or city’. Ac(c)emannes- may reflect a British name for Bath, *Acumannā ‘Aquae-place’, with reference to the Roman name Aquae Sulis ‘waters of Sulis, a pagan goddess’.

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Akeman Street

The Oxford Companion to British History | 2002 | | Copyright

Akeman Street. This Roman road linked Cirencester and Verulamium, running across the south midlands via Alchester (Oxon.). It was probably laid out in the 50s ad. The modern name derives from the Anglo-Saxon words meaning ‘oak-man’. No Roman name is known.

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Akeman Street

A Dictionary of British History | 2004 | | Copyright

Akeman Street This Roman road linked Cirencester and Verulamium, running across the south midlands via Alchester (Oxon.). The modern name derives from the Anglo‐Saxon words meaning ‘oak‐man’.

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