PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
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AT THE FIFTY-SEVENTH MEETING, HELD IN THE LECTURE ROOM 
OF THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, HALIFAX, ON FRIDAY, 
JULY 12TH, 1861, AT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. 
John Waterhouse, Esq., F.E.S., Vice-President, in 
the Chair. 
On the motion of Dr. Wm. Alexander, Dr. Lister, of 
Shibden Hall, near Halifax, was elected a member of the 
Society. The Chairman then called upon Francis A. 
Leyland, Esq., to read the first paper, entitled — 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ROMAN ROADS IN THE PARISH OF 
HALIFAX ; WITH THE RESPECTIVE CLAIMS OF ALMONDBURY, 
SLACK, AND GREETLAND TO THE SITE OF CAMBODUNUM 
CONSIDERED. 
The subject I have been requested to bring before you 
to-day, relating to the roads of Roman construction or 
adoption, which are believed to have passed through the 
parish of Halifax, is one of general as well as of local interest ; 
for, whatever tends to throw light upon the distant and 
obscure periods of local history, renders more clear the 
general view of times and events which relate to the country 
at large. And it is the primary object of Archaeological 
investigation to multiply the evidences of legitimate history 
by furnishing indisputable data on which to form correct 
