t6o notes on old BUXTON AND DISTRICT. 



ago, Mr. Gilman, foreman of the works, stated that he rame 

 upon an old pitched road, a few feet below the surface, at a point 

 about three, or four yards from Burlington Road. A broken 

 piece of dres.sed millstone grit was discovered. It was about 

 2 1 inches by 14, and had a hole drilled in the end of it, and 

 was perhaps the remains of a Roman altar. It was 

 conveyed to Mr. Salt's premises, and placed outside; but, 

 unfortunately, a severe winter ensued, and the frost split it 

 into fragments. 



(c) Mr. Gilman also informed him (Mr. Salt) that about the 

 year 1892, when laying pipes in Macclesfield Road, he came 

 upon another piece of pitched road, close to where the bill- 

 posting station now is. 



Therefore, taking a bee-line from the centre of the Crescent 

 at Buxton to Burbage, at points indicated, the measurements, 

 through gardens and fields, are as follows: — 



Crescent to Lismore Road ... ... 1,720 feet. 



Lismore Road to Maccle.sfield Road ... 1,400 „ 

 Macclesfield Road to Sycamore Cottages 1,500 „ 



Total ... ... ... 4,620 „ 



or seven-eighths of an English mile. 



(2) The Ordnance Map indicates that a road, from " Little 

 Che.ster " (Derby) to Buxton, existed. Parts of it are traceable, 

 parallel with the Ashbourne Road, near Buxton, but it seems 

 to disappear nearly opposite to the Cemetery. But in a field 

 (opposite to Buxton College) on the south side of Green Lane, 

 there are indications of such a road and what would seem to 

 be foundations of ancient buildings. The swelling of the 

 ground, suggesting a causeway, can be traced east until past 

 the line of " The Ferns," and pointing to the junction of the 

 present-day highways in front of " Sherbrook House." Coming 

 back westward, the road (if it is one) seems to run through 

 the next three fields, to cross the turnpike, near Poole's Cavern, 

 and to pass through the Golf Links, keeping parallel with and 



