NOTES ON OLD BUXTON AND DISTRICT. iTiT 



near to ihe highway (Green Lane), until opposite to Sycamore 

 Cottages, where it would appear to have joined the road (No. i) 

 from Buxton to Rurhage. This is likely enough, because it is 

 supposed that a Roman highway went by Burbage and .A.xe 

 Edge, and on to Kinderton — the Roman " Con<late.' 



(3) It has also been thought that the Roman Road from 

 Derby came straight into Buxton. There is, however, no 

 reason why it should not have forked. That is probable, 

 because about twenty-five years ago a piece of .solid pitched road 

 was disclosed in the London Road, Buxton, opposite the 

 Primitive Methodist Chapel, when (hgging the foundations of 

 a building. This information was supplied by the builder. 



In this connection, the Roman milestone* might be men- 

 tioned which was found at Silverlands, and described in this 

 Journal, 1885, page 79, for the Roman road in question may 

 have curved round in that direction to suit Roman engineering 

 plans, and to approach the Bathom Gate Road via Fairfield, 

 as well as to reach the centre of Buxton. 



(4) As a further proof that the Romans used Buxton as a. 

 bathing place, what ai)peared to be a bath was found at the 

 back of Clarendon Buildings, Manchester Road, by Mr. 

 Webster, the owner, about twenty years ago. MV. Salt was 

 invited to see it. The Chalj'beate spring rises about this site, 

 and may have been utilised for the purpose of the bath. 



(5) About twenty-five years ago, Mr. Brittain, auctioneer, 

 made an excavation at the side of his garden at Fairfield, near 

 Buxton. He found a piece of pitched road, which was dug 

 up and the stones utilised. Amongst them was a Roman 

 milestone, which, ultimately, was built into the foundation walls 

 of his new stables in Spring Gardens, Buxton. His house at 

 Fairfield is nearly opposite to the " Bull's Head " Inn, on the 

 main road. Again, at about five hundred yards from the " fin«i " 

 of pitching just recorded, in a north-eastern direction, another 

 piece of old pitching was found. A line taken from one to 



* This valuable relic of our country's history is the property of the 

 Derbyshire Archreological and Natural History Society, and is on loan 

 to the Public Museum at Derby, but will shortly be exhibited at the Buxton 

 Museun.— Ed. 



