Old Kent Road a Celtic ancient trackway that was paved by the Romans and recorded as Inter III on the Antonine Itinerary. The Anglo-Saxons named it "Wæcelinga Stræt" (Watling Street). It joined Stane Street another ancient and Roman road at Southwark before crossing the Thames at London Bridge. The Inter III was one of the most important Roman roads in Britain, linking London with Canterbury and the Channel ports at Richborough ("Rutupiae"); Dover ("Dubris") and Lympne ("Lemanis"). Pilgrims, as documented in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, travelled along the road from London and Southwark on their way to Canterbury. In 1415, the road was a
Roman Road, London to the narrowness of this section of Roman Road and the market itself but do run just beyond in neighbouring Bow and Old Ford with the routes – 8, 276, 399, 488 and night route N8 all within walking distance. Roman Road is linked to the national road network by the B119 that runs the whole way along the area and is a one way street that is on the wider Roman Road and connects it to Bethnal Green. Roman Road, London Roman Road is a road in East London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and lies