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   From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Steve Hayes   
    writes:   
   []   
   >Adams was struck by the absence of Scandinavian placenames south-west   
   >of Watling Street, the Roman road that became the A5. “There might be   
   >one or two names, but I don’t think there are any, and there are   
   >certainly hundreds and hundreds north-east. Clearly the Scandinavian   
   >settlers stopped at Watling Street,” Adams said.   
   []   
   Strictly, the A5 _and A2_; I think it's from Dover _through_ London (A2   
   in Kent, A5 the other side of London). There is certainly part of the A2   
   in Rochester that is still called Watling Street; I think there are   
   parts of it in Canterbury too, though the modern A2 bypasses Canterbury.   
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