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The boundary between his North and South roughly follows the Roman Fosse Way from Lincoln to Exeter. The 'ditch' (fosse) and road marked the border of the ini
by mikhailfranco 2y ago
The boundary between his North and South
roughly follows the Roman Fosse Way from Lincoln to Exeter.
The 'ditch' (fosse) and road marked the border
of the initial phase of the Roman invasion after 43 AD.
It was a military road for rapid deployment of forces
from the legionary bases to defend border incursions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosse_Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosse_Way
Apart from the Fosse Way, almost all other major Roman roads
fanned out from London. This structure is still visible in the
numbering scheme of roads today:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_road_numbering_s...
The natural routes for roads also influenced railways,
so the boundaries of the original private railway companies
(GWR, LNER, LMS, SR), and the regions of the current
unified rail system, follow the same structure:
https://www.railwaygazette.com/network-rail-regions-take-over-project-delivery/55098.article https://www.railwaygazette.com/network-rail-regions-take-ove...
- desas 2y ago> the boundaries of the original private railway companies (GWR, LNER, LMS, SR) Minor point, though maybe less minor in context of the original post. They are not the original private railway companies. They are the companies created in the 1920s by the London government as it forced railway companies together after it had took them under state control during ww1. The original private railway companies were originally primarily northern companies, some of who eventually developed mainlines to the rich south eastern markets.