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would alone render a garrison here unnecessary. At Wake- 
field, the Iter throws off a branch to the north-west, by Carr- 
gate, East Hardsley, Upper Street, Tong Street, and through 
Gildersome to Bradford : thence to Colne, a post, as we have 
seen, on the seventh Iter; and it may also have connected 
Doncaster with Ilkley. The road from Wakefield to Eib- 
chester is continued by Hag's Lane End and Ossett Street 
Side to Dewsbury. No fixed remains of the Eoman times 
are known to have been found here; but my late valued 
friend, Dr. Fearnle}^, the first Mayor of Dewsbury, told me 
that, some time before, there had been disinterred by the 
road side near this place a stone well — and this may have 
been a sarcophagus — in which were found two Roman bronze 
spear heads, and a drinking cup of the same material. This 
information was given me on a public occasion, and my friend 
dying shortly after, I never had the opportunity of examining 
the relics myself, or of ascertaining their whereabouts. 
Should this allusion meet the eye of their possessor, I should 
be glad if he would communicate with me. It happens, 
owing to the introduction of Christianity here, that the 
antiquity of Dewsbury is carried back to within a compara- 
tively short period of the departure of the Romans ; for, some 
four hundred and fifty years before the conqueror's survey, 
St. Paulinus preached, and celebrated the Heavenly Mys- 
teries" (sic Beda) on the banks of the Calder, which fiows 
past the ancient town. From Dewsbury, the road ascends 
by Upper Boothroyd, near which two Roman querns and 
some Roman coins were discovered in digging the founda- 
tions of a house. The querns are in the possession of Mr. 
James No well, of Halifax. From this spot, the Iter passes 
Heckmondwyke and Liversedge, two ancient locations, the 
latter being surveyed in Domesday. From this place the 
way crosses Hartshead Moor, where it intersects the second 
Iter of Antonine ; and, descending Birkby Lane, crosses the 
