The Roman Roads of Ribchester
References
Of course, the Roman roads around Ribchester have been explored by others and I am indebted to some of those who have gone before. The following sources were particularly useful:
Thomas Codrington, writing in the early twentieth century, was the first person to completely document Britain's Roman road network in his 1903 book, Roman Roads in Britain. It is now out of copyright and there is an excellent online version by Bill Thayer.
Ivan Margary, writing in the mid-twentieth century, catalogued the roads with a numerical system which is still in use today. I have not been able to locate a copy of his 1973 book, Roman Roads in Britain so I assume it is out of print, but there were many references and quotes from it in other sources.
Phillip Graystone was headmaster of St. Mary's College, Blackburn, during the 1950s and spent his out-of-school hours exploring the Roman roads of north-west England. His excellent series of books was invaluable. To cover all the roads in the Ribchester area you will need three volumes: Walking Roman Roads in Bowland, Walking Roman Roads in the Fylde & Ribble Valley, and Walking Roman Roads in Lonsdale & the Eden Valley. These books are available from Books Cumbria or from Lancaster University. The Ribble Valley volume is available at the Ribchester Museum.
Lancashire County Council has an excellent web-site, including this section on the Roman roads of Lancashire.
Ben Edwards' book, The Romans at Ribchester provides some useful information on the excavations at Ribchester and the history of the fort.
Other useful sources of backround information are this Wikipedia article on Roman roads and www.roman-britain.org.