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informed by Whitaker, of Manchester, on the authority of 
Eichard and others, that, some time about the commence- 
ment of Christianity, the Brigantes invaded the territories of 
the Sistuntii and the Voluntii: the latter inhabiting the 
mountains of "Westmoreland, and the former the plains of 
Lancashire. The principal town of the Sistuntians was 
E-ibchester. The two confederate tribes were subdued by the 
Brigantes, and became a united body against the Eoman 
invaders. It is, therefore, extremely probable that the way 
between Doncaster and Eibchester was constructed by the 
Brigantes about the time of their conquest of the western 
tribes. On the great North Eoad, which extended from 
Lincoln to Alborough, we have, as one of its intermediate 
posts, Danum, the present Doncaster, in Eoman times second 
only to Eburacum in importance in the East Eiding. It was 
here that a Eoman force was established ; and where, also, 
the proefect of the Crispinian Horse commanded. From this 
post the way to Coccium led along the Eoman Eig by 
Ad wick-in- the- Street to Eobin Hood's Well ; and, beyond 
this spot, at a distance of some two miles to the north-west, 
inclined still more considerably to the west. Passing Thorpe 
Audlin and Ackworth Grrange on the left, the road diverged 
from the line to Pontefract at East Hardwick, whence it 
appears to have passed over Castle Syke Hill and on the 
present bridle stye to Purston Jacklin, where it entered the 
road to Wakefield. From Purston Jacklin the way passed 
Street House, High Street, and Hell Lane, to the first stage 
on the journey to Eibchester. At Wakefield, no fixed Eoman 
remains have been found — at least, of which there is any 
record — ^nor even Saxon, although at the compilation of 
Domesday it was the capital of an extensive manor to which 
it gave its name. The comparative nearness of this place to 
the great military centres of Eburacum and Danum, and, we 
may add, the proximity of the Eoman town of Legeolium, 
