WAY, a passage or road.
The Roman ways are divided into consular, prætorian, military, and public; and of these we have four remarkable ones in England: the first, Watling-street, or Watheling-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 Isis 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 Tethbury, near Stow in the Woods; and beside Coventry to Leicester, Newark, and so to Lincoln. The fourth, called Erming or Erminage street, extends from St David's, in Wales, to Southampton.