Akeman Street Kirtlington also uses its course. Other parts are in use as public footpaths, including a stretch between Tackley and Stonesfield that is part of the Oxfordshire Way. The origins of the road's name are uncertain but certainly date back to the Early Middle Ages. Some have suggested that "Akeman" derives from the Anglo-Saxon words for "oak-man". Others have suggested a connection with Bath, which the Anglo-Saxons called "Acemannesceastre" ("Acemannes" apparently being derived from the Roman name Aquae Sulis). It is unclear how this might have become associated with the road, but one possibility is that the name was originally used
The Street (Derbyshire) Little Chester, the site of the Roman settlement of "Derventio". The Romans built farmsteads near the Street, to feed the soldiers and growing population in the area. Remains of a farm have been found near Minninglow. The Street (Derbyshire) The Street is the medieval name of the Roman road that ran through the Peak District of Derbyshire from the spa town of Buxton (Latin "Aquae Arnemetiae") southeast towards modern Derby. The line of the road can be traced from surviving features, confirmed by archaeology, from Buxton as far as just north of Brassington. It is believed that from Brassington the