List of Roman place names in Britain

Roman Britain. Map from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica

A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain.

This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in Britain.

The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and mis-spellings of the Latin names. Moreover one of the principal authorities, Ptolemy, wrote in Greek so names that he records need to be transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form.

Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.

Country names

Roman name	Modern name	Source
Albion	Great Britain	Ptolemy
Britannia	Great Britain	Tacitus
Caledonia	Scotland	Tacitus
Hibernia	Ireland

City/Town names

Roman name	Modern name	Source
Ad Pontes	Staines
Anavio	Brough-on-Noe, Hope Valley, Derbyshire (See also Navio)
Aquae Arnemetiae	Buxton, Derbyshire
Aquae Sulis	Bath
Ardotalia	Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire
Bannaventa	Norton, near Daventry, Northamptonshire
Caesaromagus	Chelmsford, Essex	AI
Calcaria	Tadcaster, North Yorkshire	AI
Calleva Atrebatum	Silchester	AI
Camulodunum	Colchester	Ravenna
Caromago	Cramond, Edinburgh	Ravenna
Clausentum	Bitterne, Hampshire
Clotagenium	Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow	Ravenna
Concangis	Chester-le-Street, County Durham
Condate	Northwich, Cheshire	AI
Corinium Dobunnorum	Cirencester
Coria	Corbridge
Curia	Traprain Law	Ptolemy
Danum	Doncaster
Deva	Chester
Dubris	Dover	AI
Durnovaria	Dorchester
Durocobrivis	Dunstable
Durocornovium	Swindon
Durolipons	Cambridge
Durolitum	Little London, Essex
Durovernum Cantiacorum	Canterbury
Durovigutum	Godmanchester
Eboracum	York	Ptolemy
Evidensca	East Lothian	Ravenna
Garrianonum	Burgh Castle
Glevum Colonia	Gloucester
Hortonium	Halifax
Isca Dumnoniorum	Exeter	AI
Isca Augusta	Caerleon
Lactodorum	Towcester
Lagentium	Castleford
Letocetum	Wall, Staffordshire
Lindinis	Ilchester
Lindum Colonia	Lincoln
Londinium	London	Ptolemy, AI
Luentinum	Pumsaint/Dolaucothi	Ptolemy
Luguvalium	Carlisle
Lutonium	Luton
Maromago	Midlothian	Ravenna
Mamucium	Manchester
Mediolanum	Whitchurch, Shropshire
Moridunum	Carmarthen	Ptolemy
Navio	See Anavio
Noviomagus Reginorum	Chichester
Noviomagus Cantiacorum	Crayford
Olicana	Ilkley	Ptolemy
Portus Felix	Filey
Portus Lemanis	Lympne
Praesidium/Praetorium	Bridlington
Ratae Corieltauvorum	Leicester
Regulbium	Reculver
Rutupiæ	Richborough
Salinae	Middlewich
Segontium	Caernarfon
Sulloniacis	Edgware, Middlesex	AI
Trimontium	Newstead, Scottish Borders	Ptolemy
Vagniacea	Springhead, Kent
Vectis	Isle of Wight
Venta Belgarum	Winchester	AI
Venta Silurum	Caerwent, Monmouthshire
Verulamium	St Albans	Tacitus
Vinovia	Binchester, Durham	Ptolemy
Viroconium Cornoviorum	Wroxeter, Shropshire
Vindolanda	Chesterholme

See also

• List of Latin place names in Britain
• List of Latin place names in Continental Europe and Ireland
• Latin names of cities
• Latin names of islands
• Latin names of lakes
• Latin names of mountains
• Latin names of regions
• Latin names of European countries
• History of Britain
• History of Ireland
• Roman sites in the United Kingdom
• United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

Sources

1. Tacitus (Cornelius Tacitus), Britannia.
2. AI: Antonine Itinerary
3. Ravenna Cosmography (Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia)
4. Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus), Geographiaacaveluber.

References

1. A.L.F. Rivet and Colin Smith, The place-names of Roman Britain. London, 1979 (reprinted by Book Club Associates, 1981).

External links

• Graesse, Orbis Latinus
• List of Roman Place names in Great Britain and Ireland