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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.

The Roman Road

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 and perhaps on to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia).

Margary numbers

Ivan Margary allocated the following Margary numbers in his classification scheme:

  • RR260 Bourne-Sleaford
  • RR262 Sleaford-Bracebridge Heath
  • Aerial view of Beacon Hill farm, showing the route of Mareham Way through the fields. This aerial view is somewhat washed out because it was photographed through the side window of a light aircraft.

    Beacon Hill farm on Mareham Lane

  • General view of Mareham Lane on a sunny day, with a dense hedgerow on the right.

    Mareham Lane near Scredington

  • The road crosses a ford just north of Graby. This is an idylic view of the Lincolnshire countryside with the hedgerows and trees in full summer splendour and the Keck in bloom along the road verges.

    Ford just north of Graby

  • Roman Alignment between the bottom of the modern road and the layby on the A15

    Roman Alignment through cornfield

Route details

Point Coordinates
(Links to map resources)		 OS Grid Ref Notes
Footpath to Cawthorpe 52°46′53″N 0°22′37″W / 52.78136°N 0.37688°W / 52.78136; -0.37688 (Footpath to Cawthorpe) King street deviates from modern A15, to go through Stainfield to Ancaster. Start of Roman Mareham Lane
Old Beck culvert 52°49′59″N 0°22′56″W / 52.833°N 0.382338°W / 52.833; -0.382338 (Old Beck culvert) Bottom of Windmill Hill, Rippingale.
Start of linear Roman alignment on OS map
Layby at Graby 52°50′45″N 0°22′45″W / 52.84589°N 0.379076°W / 52.84589; -0.379076 (Layby at Graby) Modern A15 straightened in the late 20th century.
Roman alignment continues into lay-by
Footpath to Graby Lane 52°50′52″N 0°22′42″W / 52.8479°N 0.37839°W / 52.8479; -0.37839 (Footpath to Graby Lane) Roman alignment continues across field as public footpath
Graby Lane 52°51′06″N 0°22′34″W / 52.85179°N 0.376201°W / 52.85179; -0.376201 (Graby Lane) End of footpath.
Start of Modern Mareham Lane
Ford 52°51′33″N 0°22′32″W / 52.85909°N 0.375624°W / 52.85909; -0.375624 (Ford)
Dry Ford 52°53′28″N 0°22′31″W / 52.891069°N 0.375180°W / 52.891069; -0.375180 (Dry Ford) Seasonally intermittent Stream, sometimes appears across road.
Stream flows into Ouse Mere Lode
Billingborough crossroads 52°53′35″N 0°22′34″W / 52.89308°N 0.37610°W / 52.89308; -0.37610 (Billingborough crossroads) Billingborough road, Folkingham
Folkingham road, Billingborough.
Stow Green 52°54′08″N 0°22′29″W / 52.902246°N 0.374673°W / 52.902246; -0.374673 (Stow Green) Site of Stow Fair.
Site of Anglo-Saxon nunnery.
Threekinghham crossroads 52°54′51″N 0°22′38″W / 52.914059°N 0.377324°W / 52.914059; -0.377324 (Threekinghham crossroads) Modern A52 crosses Modern Mareham Lane.
Mareham House 52°55′43″N 0°22′45″W / 52.92864°N 0.379285°W / 52.92864; -0.379285 (Mareham House) Road junction at Spanby
Bend 52°58′51″N 0°23′14″W / 52.980883°N 0.387184°W / 52.980883; -0.387184 (Bend) Northern end of Roman alignment on OS map.
Modern road deviates, and Roman Alignment becomes unclear.
Corner 52°59′21″N 0°23′28″W / 52.989179°N 0.391002°W / 52.989179; -0.391002 (Corner) Modern Mareham road turns left.
This different alignment continues toward the old ford at Sleaford as a footpath.
Parish boundary 52°59′31″N 0°23′35″W / 52.992037°N 0.392937°W / 52.992037; -0.392937 (Parish boundary) Modified alignment continues past modern Mareham Lane as parish boundary
Public footpath alongside.
Sleaford level crossing 52°59′43″N 0°24′31″W / 52.995258°N 0.408493°W / 52.995258; -0.408493 (Sleaford level crossing) End of modern road called Mareham Lane at Sleaford level crossing.
cropmark 52°59′05″N 0°23′10″W / 52.984625°N 0.386017°W / 52.984625; -0.386017 (cropmark) Possible continuation of straight alignment after the bend
cropmark 52°59′50″N 0°23′08″W / 52.997205°N 0.385548°W / 52.997205; -0.385548 (cropmark) Well-founded discovery of Roman road not on expected alignment.
Ruskington 53°02′16″N 0°23′19″W / 53.037701°N 0.388510°W / 53.037701; -0.388510 (Ruskington) Well-founded discovery of Roman road to south of Ruskington, on public footpath.
Speculative northern continuation from Sleaford to Lincoln
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