WAY

WAY, a passage or road.

The Roman ways are divided into consular, pratorian, military, and public; and of these we have four remarkable ones in England: the first, Watling-street, or Watling-street, leading from Dover to London, Dunstable, Toucester, Atterton, and the Severn, extending as far as Anglesea in Wales. The second, called Hikenild, or Ikenild-street, stretches from Southampton over the river Itis at Newbridge; thence by Camden and Litchfield; then passes the Derwent, near Derby, and ends at Tinmouth. The third, called Fosse-way, because in some places it was never perfected, but lies as a large ditch, leads from Cornwall through Devonshire, by Teithbury, near Snow in the Wolds; and beside Coventry to Leicester, Newark, and so to Lincoln. The fourth, called Erming, or Erming-street, extends from St. David's, in Wales, to Southampton.