Ermine Street

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Ermine Street
Old North Road • Roman Road
Route of Ermine Street
Route information
Length	193 mi (311 km)
Time period	Roman Britain
Margary number	2
Major junctions
From	Londinium (London)
Major intersections	Durovigutum, Durobrivae, Causennae, Lindum, Petuaria
To	Eboracum (York)
Location
Country	United Kingdom
Road network
Roman roads in Britannia

Ermine Street is a major Roman road in England that ran from London (Londinium) to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) and York (Eboracum). The Old English name was Earninga Strǣt (1012), named after a tribe called the Earningas, who inhabited a district later known as Armingford Hundred, around Arrington, Cambridgeshire, and Royston, Hertfordshire.^[1] "Armingford", and "Arrington" share the same Old English origin. The original Celtic and Roman names for the route remain unknown. It is also known as the Old North Road from London to where it joins the A1 Great North Road near Godmanchester.