List of Roman place names in Britain

A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.

This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Britain.

The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and misspellings of the Latin names. Moreover, Ptolemy, one of the principal authorities, wrote in Greek, so names that he records need to be transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form.

Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.

Lists

Geographic regions Roman nameModern regionAppearanceBritanniaGreat BritainTHiberniaIrelandTCaledoniaScotlandT

Settlement names

Roman name Modern nameAppearancesAballavaBurgh by Sands, CumbriaND, TAd AnsamUnknown (Higham, Suffolk?)AIAd PontemEast Stoke, NottinghamshireAIAd Pontes or Pontibus Staines-upon-Thames, MiddlesexAIAesicaGreat Chesters, NorthumberlandND, TAlaunodunumMaidenhead, BerkshireotherAlione or AlavanaWatercrook or Low Borrowbridge, Cumbria?ND, AIAlaunaMaryport, CumbriaNDAlauneAlcester, WarwickshireRC, TAnderitumPevensey, East SussexND, TAquae ArnemetiaeBuxton, DerbyshireRCAquae SulisBath, SomersetAI, PArbeiaSouth Shields, Tyne & WearND, TArdotaliaGamesley, Glossop, DerbyshireRCArgistillumUnknown (Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire?)RCAriconiumWeston under Penyard, HerefordshireAIBannaBirdoswald, CumbriaNDBannavem TaburniaeunknownSPBannaventaNorton, near Daventry, NorthamptonshireAIBelgic oppidum Braintree, Essex otherBlatobulgiumBirrens, DumfriesshireAIBlestiumMonmouthAIBomiumCowbridge, South Glamorgan?AIBovioTilston, CheshireAIBranodunumBrancaster, NorfolkND, TBravoniumLeintwardine, HerefordshireAIBremeniumHigh Rochester, NorthumberlandAIBremetennacum VeteranorumRibchester, LancashireAI, ND, RC, TBrigeAshley or Stockbrigde, Hampshire?AIBrocavumBrougham, CumbriaAIBrocolitia or ProcolitiaCarrawburgh, NorthumberlandND, TBrovonacae or BravoniacumKirkby Thore, CumbriaAI, TBurriumUsk, MonmouthshireAICaesaromagusChelmsford, EssexAI, RCCalcariaTadcaster, North YorkshireAICalleva AtrebatumSilchester, HampshireAI, P, RCCambodunounknown (Huddersfield?)AICamboglannaCastlesteads, NorthumberlandRC, TCamboricoLackford or Hockwold, NorfolkAICamulodunumColchester, Essex AI, P, RCCanoniumKelvedon, EssexAICaromagoCramond, EdinburghRCCastra ExploratorumNetherby, CumbriaAICataractoniumCatterick, North YorkshireAI, P, RCCausennisUnknown (Sapperton, Lincolnshire?)AICilurnumWalwick Chesters, NorthumberlandND, TClausentumBitterne, HampshireAICocciumWigan, LancashireAIColoniaColchester, EssexAI, RCConbretoviumCoddenham, SuffolkAIConcangisChester-le-Street, County DurhamND, RC, TCongavata or CoggabataDrumburgh, CumbriaND, TCondercumBenwell, Newcastle upon TyneND, TCondateNorthwich, CheshireAIConoviumCaerhun, ClwydAI, RCCorinium DobunnorumCirencester, GloucestershireAI, P, RCCoria or CorstopitumCorbridge, NorthumberlandAI, P, RCCrocolanaBrough, NottinghamshireAICunetioneMildenhall, WiltshireAICuriaTraprain Law, East LothianPDanumDoncaster, South YorkshireAI, ND, TDelgovicia or DevoviciaMalton, North YorkshireAI, RCDeva VictrixChesterAI, P, RCDerventionePapcastle, CumbriaND, TDerventio BrigantumStamford Bridge or Malton, YorkshireAIDerventio CoritanorumLittle Chester, DerbyRC, TDictimnear SunderlandND, TDubrisDover, KentAI, ND, RC, TDurnovariaDorchester, DorsetAI, RCDurobrovisRochester, KentAI, RCDurobrivaeWater Newton, CambridgeshireAI, RCDurocobrivisDunstable, BedfordshireAIDurocornoviumSwindon, WiltshireAIDurolevumUnknown (Ospringe or Sittingbourne?)AIDuroliponsCambridgeAI, RCDurolitumLittle London, EssexAIDurovernum CantiacorumCanterburyAI, RCDurovigutum Godmanchester RCEboracumYorkAI, P, RCEvidenscaEast LothianRCGabrosentumUnknown (Moresby, Cumbria or Gateshead?)ND, TGalacumBurrow-in-Lonsdale?AIGalavaAmbleside, CumbriaAIGarrianonumBurgh Castle, Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea, NorfolkND, TGlannoventa or CantiventiRavenglass, CumbriaAI, ND, RC, TGlevum ColoniaGloucesterAI, RCGobanniumAbergavenny, MonmouthshireAI, RCHortoniumHalifax, West YorkshireotherIsca DumnoniorumExeter, DevonAI, P, RCIsca AugustaCaerleon, GwentAIIsannavantiaNorton, NorthamptonshireAIIsurium or IsubrigantumAldborough, North YorkshireAI, PLactodorumTowcester, NorthamptonshireAI, RCLagentium or LegeolioCastleford, West YorkshireAI, RCLavatrisBowes Castle, County DurhamAI, ND, RC, TLeodis or LoidisLeeds otherLeucarumLoughor, SwanseaAILetocetum or EtocetoWall, StaffordshireAILindinisIlchester, SomersetP, RCLindum ColoniaLincolnAI, PLondiniumLondonAI, PLongoviciumLanchester, County DurhamND, RC, TLuentinumPumsaint/DolaucothiPLuguvaliumCarlisle, CumbriaAI, RCLutudarumWirksworth or Carsington, DerbyshireRCMagiovintoFenny Stratford, BuckinghamshireAIMagisnear Workington, CumbriaND, TMagnisKenchester, HerefordshireAI, ND, RC, TMaglonaWigton, CumbriaND, TMagnus PortusBosham, SussexPManduesedumMancetter, WarwickshireAIMamucium or MantioManchesterAI, RCMaromagoMidlothianRCMargidunumBingham, NottinghamshireAIMediolanumWhitchurch, ShropshireAI, P, RCMorbiumPiercebridge, County DurhamND, TMoridunumAxminster, DevonAIMoridunumCarmarthenPNavio or AnoviusBrough-on-Noe, Hope Valley, DerbyshireRCNidumNeath, West GlamorganAINoviomagus ReginorumChichester, SussexAI, P, RCNoviomagus Cantiacorum West Wickham, formerly supposed to be Crayford, both in the historic county of KentThe discovery of the lost Roman town of Noviomagus, at West Wickham, Kent. Brian Philp, Gerald Clewley, Debbie Cooper. Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit, Special Subject Series 26. 2021. ISBN 0947831371 AIOlenacumunknown (Elslack, North Yorkshire?)ND, TOlicanaIlkley, West YorkshirePOnnum or HunnumHalton, NorthumberlandND, TOthonaBradwell-on-Sea, EssexND, TPennocruciumWater Eaton, StaffordshireAIPetrianaStanwix in Carlisle, CumbriaND, TPetuariaBrough, YorkshireP, RCPons AeliusNewcastle upon TyneND, TPortus AbonaeSea Mills, BristolAIPortus AdurniPortchester, HampshireND, RC, TPortus FelixFiley, North YorkshireotherPortus LemanisLympne, KentAI, ND, TPraesidiumunknown (Newton Kyme, North Yorkshire?)ND, TPraetoriumunknown (Bridlington?)AIRatae CorieltauvorumLeicesterAI, PRegulbiumReculver, KentND, TRutuniumHarcourt Park, ShropshireAIRutupiaeRichborough, KentAI, ND, P, TSalinaeMiddlewich, CheshireRCSegedunumWallsend, Tyne and WearND, TSegelocum or AgelocumLittleborough, NottinghamshireAISegontiumCaernarfonAI, RCSitomagus, Sitomagum, Sitomago, or SenomagusUnknown, possibly Ixworth, SuffolkAISorbiodonumSalisbury, WiltshireAI, RCSpinaeSpeen, BerkshireAISulloniacaeunknown (Brockley Hill?)AITrajectusKeynsham, SomersetAITrimontiumNewstead, Scottish BordersPTripontiumChurchover, WarwickshireAIUxaconaRedhill, ShropshireAIUxelodunum or AxelodunumBowness-on-Solway, CumbriaND, RC, TVagniacaeSpringhead, KentAIVaraeSt Asaph, Denbighshire?AIVectisIsle of WightPVenonaeHigh Cross, LeicestershireAIVenta BelgarumWinchester, HampshireAI, P, RCVenta Icenorum or Icinos Caistor St Edmund, NorfolkAI, P, RCVenta SilurumCaerwent, MonmouthshireAI, RCVercovicium or BorcoviciumHousesteads, NorthumberlandND, TVerlucioneSandy Lane, WiltshireAIVerterae or VerterisBrough, CumbriaAI, ND, TVertisUnknown (Worcester?)RCVerulamiumSt Albans, HertfordshireAI, P, RC, TVerometum or VernometumWilloughby on the Wolds, NottinghamshireAIVindobalaRudchester, NorthumberlandND, TVindocladiaShapwick, DorsetAI, RCVindolandaChesterholme, NorthumberlandRC, TVindomisNeatham, HampshireAI, RCVindomoraEbchester, County DurhamAIVinoviaBinchester, County Durham AI, P, RCViroconium CornoviorumWroxeter, ShropshireAI, RCVirosidumBainbridge, North YorkshireND, TVoredaPenrith, CumbriaAI, RC

List of Roman place names in Britain

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