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Fosse Way

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Fosse Way an ancient road in Britain, so called from the fosse or ditch that used to run along each side of it. It ran from Axminster to Lincoln, via Bath and Leicester (about 300 km, 200 miles), and marked the limit of the first stage of the Roman occupation (mid 1st century ad).

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Fosse Way

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Copyright

Fosse Way An ancient Roman road in Britain, so called from the fosse or ditch on each side. It probably ran from Axminster to Lincoln, via Bath and Leicester (about 300 km, 200 miles), and marked the limit of the first stage of the Roman occupation (43 AD).

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Fosse Way

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Fosse Way , Roman road in England. It apparently ran from Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) NE past Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium Dobunnorum), and Leicester (Ratae Coritanorum) to Lincoln (Lindum). It intersected Watling Street.

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Fosse Way

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

Fosse Way (Roman road from Lincoln to Bath). Foss 8th cent. From OE *foss ‘ditch’, so called from its having had a prominent ditch on either side.

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