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Mareham Lane is an unclassified road between Graby and Sleaford in Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately 10.6 miles (17.1 km) long.
For most of its length Mareham Lane follows the route of a minor Roman road, and the name is also used for that Roman road from Bourne to the original ford at Sleaford[1] and perhaps on to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia).[2][3]
Ivan Margary allocated the following Margary numbers in his classification scheme:[4]
- RR260 Bourne-Sleaford
- RR262 Sleaford-Bracebridge Heath
Beacon Hill farm on Mareham Lane
Mareham Lane near Scredington
Ford just north of Graby
Roman Alignment through cornfield
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| Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footpath to Cawthorpe | 52.78136°N 0.37688°W | TF095216 | King street deviates from modern A15, to go through Stainfield to Ancaster. Start of Roman Mareham Lane |
| Old Beck culvert | 52.833°N 0.382338°W | TF090273 | Bottom of Windmill Hill, Rippingale. Start of linear Roman alignment on OS map |
| Layby at Graby | 52.84589°N 0.379076°W | TF092288 | Modern A15 straightened in the late 20th century. Roman alignment continues into lay-by |
| Footpath to Graby Lane | 52.8479°N 0.37839°W | TF093290 | Roman alignment continues across field as public footpath |
| Graby Lane | 52.85179°N 0.376201°W | TF094294 | End of footpath. Start of Modern Mareham Lane |
| Ford | 52.85909°N 0.375624°W | TF094303 | |
| Dry Ford | 52.891069°N 0.375180°W | TF094338 | Seasonally intermittent Stream, sometimes appears across road. Stream flows into Ouse Mere Lode |
| Billingborough crossroads | 52.89308°N 0.37610°W | TF093340 | Billingborough road, Folkingham Folkingham road, Billingborough. |
| Stow Green | 52.902246°N 0.374673°W | TF094351 | Site of Stow Fair. Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery. |
| Threekinghham crossroads | 52.914059°N 0.377324°W | TF092364 | Modern A52 crosses Modern Mareham Lane. |
| Mareham House | 52.92864°N 0.379285°W | TF090380 | Road junction at Spanby |
| Bend | 52.980883°N 0.387184°W | TF083438 | Northern end of Roman alignment on OS map. Modern road deviates, and Roman Alignment becomes unclear. |
| Corner | 52.989179°N 0.391002°W | TF081447 | Modern Mareham road turns left. This different alignment continues toward the old ford at Sleaford as a footpath. |
| Parish boundary | 52.992037°N 0.392937°W | TF079450 | Modified alignment continues past modern Mareham Lane as parish boundary Public footpath alongside. |
| Sleaford level crossing | 52.995258°N 0.408493°W | TF069453 | End of modern road called Mareham Lane at Sleaford level crossing. |
| cropmark | 52.984625°N 0.386017°W | TF084442 | Possible continuation of straight alignment after the bend[5] |
| cropmark | 52.997205°N 0.385548°W | TF084456 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road not on expected alignment.[6] |
| Ruskington | 53.037701°N 0.388510°W | TF081501 | Well-founded discovery of Roman road to south of Ruskington, on public footpath.[7] Speculative northern continuation from Sleaford to Lincoln |
- High Dyke, Lincolnshire
- King Street (Roman road) Water Newton to Bourne to Ancaster, Margary number RR26
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