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These pages tell the story of what life was like in the Doncaster region before and after the Romans arrived almost 2,000 years ago. Here you will find information on what has been discovered about...
The UK's best A road - and it takes you right past Britain's prettiest city
The road also takes motorists by one of Britan's prettiest cities - York. Speaking about the A19 road, York Civic Trust explained it “directly connects three places with important Roman ...
Daily Express
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Why the A19 in North Yorkshire is country's best A road
Driving along the A19 may not seem like the most thrilling way to end a busy day at work – but many motorists disagree, as the route has been voted the country’s best A road. The stretch in ...
BBC News
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Doncaster had long been settled by families farming land divided into large fields and living in timber round houses. The Romans’ impact was to be massive. They built forts and roads, as they...
Possibly inhabited earlier, Doncaster grew up on the site of a Roman fort of the 1st century CE, at a crossing of the River Don. The 2nd-century Antonine Itinerary and early-5th-century Notitia Dignitatum (Register of Dignitaries) called the fort Danum.
Mar 14, 2021 · The history of Doncaster began when the Romans built a fort in the area about 71 AD. The Romans called the fort Danum. However, in the 4th century Roman civilization declined and the last Roman soldiers left Britain in 407 AD.
It is almost certain that Doncaster was chosen as the site for a Roman auxiliary fort because it lay on the border between the powerful and truculent Brigantes tribe north of the river, and the relatively civilised and peaceful Coritani, which southern tribe had been quickly incorporated within the Roman provincial system.
Roman power. Though Doncaster town did not exist before the Romans arrived, the word its name is based on probably did. When the Roman authorities built a fort on the banks of the River Don...
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Sep 27, 2023 · The Romans came to Doncaster in the AD50’s because of the River Don and the community already living there. We discovered that during the Roman times Doncaster was famous for pottery kilns but is now famous for trains like the Flying Scotsman.
