Title
Romans
Description
ROMANS .
Julius Caesar led an expedition to Britain in 55 B.C. but it was 43 A.D. before the Romans came in strength.
The tribe of the Iceni, who lived in Norfolk, rose against the Roman. Led by their Queen, Boadicea, an army of 120,000 destroyed three Roman towns before being defeated.
The Romans built large houses, with central heating and mosaic floors, and also made fine straight roads.
One of these ran from the coast through Cawston past Botany Bay Farm and on towards Bawdeswell. It led on through West Norfolk to Peterborough. A section of this road on Marsham Heath was examined in 1953, and was found to be 15 ft. wide with five separate layers of gravel.
A few Roman coins have been found near here and Roman pottery was unearthed when bombs fell near Booton Lane in 1942. "Jerry's Loke" probably owes its name to this.
Julius Caesar led an expedition to Britain in 55 B.C. but it was 43 A.D. before the Romans came in strength.
The tribe of the Iceni, who lived in Norfolk, rose against the Roman. Led by their Queen, Boadicea, an army of 120,000 destroyed three Roman towns before being defeated.
The Romans built large houses, with central heating and mosaic floors, and also made fine straight roads.
One of these ran from the coast through Cawston past Botany Bay Farm and on towards Bawdeswell. It led on through West Norfolk to Peterborough. A section of this road on Marsham Heath was examined in 1953, and was found to be 15 ft. wide with five separate layers of gravel.
A few Roman coins have been found near here and Roman pottery was unearthed when bombs fell near Booton Lane in 1942. "Jerry's Loke" probably owes its name to this.