Ermine Street was the
Saxon name of a road in
England that ran from
London to
Lincoln and
York. It was named for a group called the
Earningas, who inhabited an area that is now in
Cambridgeshire. It is now sometimes called the Old North Road. It followed the route of an earlier, longer
Roman road, begun in
43 AD, that ran from
Chichester to
York.
The section of Ermine Street from London to Royston, Hertfordshire is now part of the A10. At this point it crosses the Icknield way[?]. The section from Huntingdon to Colsterworth[?] is now part of the A1.
I. D. Margary,
Roman Roads in Britain (3rd ed. 1973)
Ermine Street was also the name of a road from
Silchester to
Gloucester.