List of Roman place names in the United Kingdom
A partial list of Roman place names in Great Britain. This list includes only names documented from Roman times. For a more complete list including later Latin names, see List of Latin place names in North Atlantic islands.
The early sources for Roman names show numerous variants and mis-spellings of the Latin names. Moreover one of the principal authorities, Ptolemy, wrote in Greek so names that he records need to be transliterated back into Latin to reveal the original form.
* Note that in general only one source is shown below for each name, although many of the names are recorded in more than one of the sources.
Roman Country Names
Old Roman name | Modern name | Source |
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Albion | Great Britain | Ptolemy |
Britannia | Great Britain | Tacitus |
Cambria | Wales (Cymru) | |
Caledonia | Scotland | Tacitus |
Hibernia | Ireland |
City and town names
Roman name | Modern name | Source | |
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Anavio | Brough-on-Noe, Hope Valley, Derbyshire (See also Navio) | ||
Aquae Arnemetiae | Buxton, Derbyshire | ||
Aquae Sulis | Bath | ||
Ardotalia | Gamesley, Glossop, Derbyshire | ||
Caeseromagus | Chelmsford, Essex | AI | |
Calcaria | Tadcaster, North Yorkshire | AI | |
Calleva Atrebatum | Silchester | AI | |
Camulodunum | Colchester | Ravenna | |
Clausentum | Bitterne, Hampshire | ||
Condate | Northwich, Cheshire | AI | |
Corinium Dobunnorum | Cirencester | ||
Coria | Corbridge | ||
Danum | Doncaster | ||
Deva | Chester | ||
Dubris | Dover | AI | |
Durnovaria | Dorchester | ||
Durocobrivis | Dunstable | ||
Durocornovium | Swindon | ||
Durolipons | Cambridge | ||
Durolitum | Romford | ||
Durovernum Cantiacorum | Canterbury | ||
Eboracum | York | Ptolemy | |
Garrianonum | Burgh Castle | ||
Glevum Colonia | Gloucester | ||
Hortonium | Halifax | ||
Isca Dumnoniorum | Exeter | AI | |
Isca Augusta | Caerleon | ||
Lactodorum | Towcester | ||
Lagentium | Castleford | ||
Lindinis | Ilchester | ||
Lindum Colonia | Lincoln | ||
Londinium | London | Ptolemy | AI |
Mamucium | Manchester | ||
Mediolanum | Whitchurch, Shropshire | ||
Navio | See Anavio | ||
Noviomagus Reginorum | Chichester | ||
Noviomagus Cantiacorum | Crayford | ||
Ratae Corieltauvorum | Leicester | ||
Segontium | Caernarfon | ||
Venta Belgarum | Winchester | AI | |
Verulamium | St Albans | Tacitus | |
Viroconium Cornoviorum | Wroxeter, Shropshire | ||
Vindolanda | Chesterholme |