AN ACCOUNT OF A ROMAN PUBLIC WAY. 555 
on the south side of the brook, near Lord Street, 
close to the Garden hedge. 
The Road was found by Mr. Still, of the Ord- 
nance survey, in the ditch of the second field, 
beyond Stony Lane, about two feet below the 
surface. 
The gravel and stones of the Roman Road are 
very visible in the Common Close, which is the 
next field to Amberswood Common. 
The Roman Road having been traced from 
Warrington, through Ashton-in-Makerfield, to 
Wigan, and forward to Standish, towards Preston, 
it seemed probable, that there would be a Roman 
Road from Wigan to Manchester. The name of 
Lord Street seemed to indicate the direction of 
this Road ; and, considerable pains were taken to 
discover some trace of this Road, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Lord Street. After many fruitless 
searches and enquiries, this Road was distinctly 
pointed out, in 1831, by old Thomas Bushel, of 
Moss House. He said, that he, and his father 
before him, had been Common-lookers, for Mr. 
Walmsley, of Westwood ; and, that both of them 
had frequently cut turf on the line of this old 
