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9 o THE HISTORY ..'Book I. Manchefter to York and to two other ftations. - The Roman road from MancJiefter y crofling -the level of the fecond and loftier range of the Yorkshire hills, becomes the boundary to the parifhes of Halifax and Huthersfield, has Stainland-moor on die left and Long wood: on the right, and, paffing within two hundred yard$fro*n ttaifjtatjon and the town, throws off a way to them on the rjght". fc &tud the Roman, road from York, courting four* teen yards in .breadth over LindLey-moor, defcendmg along the left fide of J^eerhili, and . paffing along the courfe of the Out* lane, throws off another way to the town and Station. But both thefe branches are alfo parts of two other roads which ex- tended from thi6 to two other ftationaiy towns. The one Stretches vifibly over Staiplaad-moor, appearing as a green lift . acrofs the embrowned heath* pafljes over Foreft-hill to Stamland-Dene> S»d tn feme inclofuxes at the bottom has been discovered by the plough; courfe s the y alley near the prefent bridge into the town* {hip of Barkiflwd, being in this and in the townShip of Stain*, •land denominated Saville- Yate ; goes by Alof&leyden-Yate and. Bcmjfc the townShip of Rifti worth to the old road over BlackStone Edge,- and to that part of it which is called the Devil's Caufeway, being denominated the Danes-road by the Shepherds of Rifh* worth ; then goes to the Roman road from Manchester to Ukley, and, as is afferted by the Shepherds, proceeds acrofs, it into Lancashire *♦ The other goes:away from Cambodunum N. R, by N.,. has been discovered in an adjoining field fix or feven yards in breadth, croffes .the Roman road from York to Man* chefter in a confiderahle angle, pafles along a green broad lane gnd is therefore denominated Gregn^Gate, and, going along the foot of Lee-hill, points dire&ly, 1 think, to the Roman town of Adel Mill near Leeds 9 . The name of this Station in the Itineraries of Richard and Antoninus is .written Cambodnmim, but in the Geography of Ptolemy Camunlodunum, :aad in the Chomgraphy of Ravenna* more rightly Camulodunum ; being fully distinguished in both from the Station which partook of the fame 'name, the Canmdo- teium of the former and the Camuioduluia 'Colonia of the lat- - 4. ' ten