WATLING STREET—ROMAN ROADS TODAY.

WATLING STREET—ROMAN ROADS TODAY. I have come across references to Watling Street a number of times and finally thought to look it up on Google. Watling Street is the name given to a major Roman road which ran between Canterbury and St. Albans—basically across southern England, passing near London. This wikipedia article says that Watling Street was an ancient trackway that had been used for hundreds of years by the Britons and then was paved and made more direct by the Romans. “Watling Street” was derived from the Old English “Wæcelinga Stræt.” I also found this site, which has a picture of Watling Street today. It’s the fourth picture down—a picture of a country lane.