Sewstern Lane :: Shared Description

Sewstern Lane, or 'The Drift', used as part of the Viking Way long distance path, can be traced from Long Bennington for about 20 miles south where it joins Ermine Street just north of Stamford. The southern part of the lane (south of its crossing of the Roman road Margary no. RR58a at SK860298) corresponds to the Roman road Margary no. RR580. According to W.G. Hoskins (1955, The Making of the English Lanscape) and LinkExternal link the track has been used from pre-Roman times, and was one of the main north-south routes before being superseded in the seventeenth century by the Great North Road to the east (current A1 between Long Bennington and Stamford). But the lane continued to be used as a major cattle-droving route (hence 'Drift' = the driving of cattle or sheep), as it would have avoided the hard surface, lack of grazing, traffic and expensive tolls on the Great North Road.
by Tim Heaton
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SK9018 : Former abutment by Bob Harvey
SK8342 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft
SK8530 : Heading north along The Drift by Mat Fascione
SK8438 : Sewstern Lane - 7 by Tim Heaton
SK8629 : Sewstern Lane - 17 (The Drift); Roman road by Tim Heaton
SK8530 : Sewstern Lane - 15 by Tim Heaton
SK9315 : Sewstern Lane - 27 (Thistleton Lane) by Tim Heaton
SK8726 : Sewstern Lane - 20 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8440 : Sewstern Lane - 4 by Tim Heaton
SK8725 : Sewstern Lane - 21 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8442 : Sewstern Lane - 1 by Tim Heaton
SK8920 : Public Byway joining 'The Drift' by Tim Heaton
SK8439 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft
SK8628 : Sewstern Lane - 18 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8727 : Sewstern Lane - 19 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8531 : The Drift enters Big Wood by Mat Fascione
SK8440 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft
SK8431 : The Drift north of the Big Wood by Mat Fascione
SK8432 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft
SK8439 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft
SK8824 : Sewstern Lane - 23 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8530 : The Drift near Hill Top Farm by Mat Fascione
SK8529 : The Viking Way following The Drift by Mat Fascione
SK8529 : Sewstern Lane - 16 (The Drift) by Tim Heaton
SK8437 : Sewstern Lane by Richard Croft

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Created: Mon, 14 Jul 2014, Updated: Wed, 17 Aug 2022

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