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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