History – Before 500

History – Before 5002020-11-19T12:28:28+00:00

The Melsonby Hoard

The Melsonby hoard comprises 800 items including numerous horse harness fittings and wheel rims. Archaeologists suggest the latter may be from four-wheel wagons...

Stanwick Iron Age Settlement

Stanwick was an important Iron Age settlement prior to the arrival of the Romans. It was the tribal centre of the Brigantes who were (or became) responsible for controlling much...

Aldborough – Isurium Brigantum

Aldborough is a small village 15 miles northwest of York, close to Boroughbridge where the Great North Road crosses the River Ure. In the Roman period it was...

Songs for the Great North Road

Bernard Dady likes writing songs. They are creative, thought provoking, quirky and fun. They cover any topic under the sun from stained glass windows to...

Ferrybridge Chariot Burial

A rare chariot burial was discovered in 2003 during the construction of the upgraded motorway intersection between the A1(M) Great North Road and the...

Lincoln

Lincoln was a key staging post for the Romans as they pushed north following the invasion of AD43. It was a focus of the Roman Road network and was a primary...

Dere Street

Dere Street is the name generally used to describe the Roman road leading from York to the Firth of Forth. It was constructed by the military to secure the colonisation...

Ermine Street

The southern section of Ermine Street aligns closely with the Old North Road, merging with Great North Road near Godmanchester, before heading eastwards...

Roman Catterick – Cataractonium

Roman Catterick, or Cataractonium, was a fort and settlement which was established just south of the crossing point of the River Swale. Until other military centres were...

Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian visited Britain in the summer of AD 122 as part of his first major tour of the provinces. His primary concern was to to neutralise threats to.....

Hadrian’s Wall

Hadrian’s Wall embodies one of the key reasons for the existence of the Roman Roads north through Britain which were the precursors to our Great North.....

Six Hills – Stevenage

Alongside the original route of the Great North Road just south of Stevenage town centre there are 6 rounded barrows. There was damage to the Six Hills.....

Prehistoric & Roman Origins

Before AD 500

The Saxon & Medieval Road

AD 500 to 1500

Transformation

AD 1500 to 1900

Motor Vehicles & the A1

After 1900

Towns

History

People

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