Old Street is roughly colinear with Old Ford Road, which went over the Lee (aka Lea). It's also colinear with Oxford Street. The route is pre-Roman. (I used to

Old Street is roughly colinear with Old Ford Road, which went over the Lee (aka Lea). It's also colinear with Oxford Street. The route is pre-Roman. (I used to live just off Old Ford Road, and commuted along this route for about 8 years.)