538 AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 
ditch, on the west side of the foot-road, the Roman 
Road, from Manchester, divides into two branches, 
as it has been already stated. The branch to 
Wigan points past Broom House to Hope Hall. 
The Roman Road is found again, in the ditch, 
on the north-west side of the lane, leading from 
Foster’s Wood to the land of Noah; and there is 
here a large quantity of gravel. 
The Road is found again in a grassy lane, 
leading out of Weast Lane, nearly opposite to 
Weast Lodge, where the gravel and ridge of the 
Road are very visible. 
By taking this slightly curved direction, the 
Road skirts along the edge of Hart Hill; and 
thus keeps nearly on level ground. 
In the Lower Broad Hope, which is the second 
field, on the west side of Old Hope Hall, the 
Roman Road was found, in a drain, in 1843, by 
Mr. John Goodwin, the farmer of that estate. 
This agrees with Mr. Whitaker’s account, who 
says: ‘It is next discovered in the field which is 
“beyond the Old Hope Hall, and denominated 
“the Upper Broad Hope, by the gravel below 
