^ i t h i^XPfefeiieE!C§;t^t^|{Xigaip,e^.:§^itiepl9>Q-^t tteklnif R@i
pinion,: (fak- wasCnot aiRoman Station, and that for tbef&fpl-
lowing Reafons: Tirft,• Becaufe-where the Ro>mn Stations were
.there are ufually FeSes^ and Fortifications,. ,Qf>hiehfthisdqanL
-pp -jA^q^it^and th©,} -fe'Cbin^fouhcf
the^j^gbljindnce) Lkw ^|i riot
convincing',! inc£;rth,ayr,®X.fe yfire<|uently .found ilnLTeveisib Otillei’
'Parts, which- in probability were .never Roman Stations,';.as at
Bury, and'rStaiidi/b in Lanca/lnre: Beiides, it is frequently ob-
lerv?d, that where the Roman Stations were, there a«e. ufually
found Roman. Altars ..dedicated to the Genius of. the Place, Pa-
t&mm%dfFibuli£ i t is:? iviry& H^lynfte^oraot^tu\bh-eteifth^e
■Goins: are fomh|j3 ndwA -the .©theauAmbiquiSi^ ethey/hztesd^lfty
buried there by the Romans in their: Marches,; when they quitted
their:'Stations,: who rather chofe to. h iao^h^lMHlu
thin let the® ’ HaMdvA
probable it wars not a Roman- Station, from the ■ Account tfaat'ds
^ivertof th e Boundaries belonging to them ; for, ImfSiculuh Flac-
Sirinformsmsp theTields that lay'neaT? the Colonies'Weire determined
by heVeral forts'of Bounds; in the Limits thefh were
ypMced- for Marks, fometimes one thing, and fe^efitfte§.feo-
thef; in fomeh UttteStatue of Mercury^- ih'.othhrsQLWtr^ VqT
fel, in btfeEarSpat^, in others a Rhombws, .
like a Lozenge; and-in fome, according to Vitalk and Arcadius^ a
Flaggon or- J-arr. Now, none of allthefe, as ever I heard of, having
been dug ;up at Coin, I cannot conclude it a Roman Station, but
that the' Coins found there were lodged by the Romaris in their
Itineraries y but, by reafon fome of thefe have beep fottod at Up-
hbllakd in Ldncafhire, that Place, indeed,' may have been a Roman.
Station; 1 d
| From what has been obferv’d, to me itfeems more fealible, that
the Name Coin, is deriv’d from the Saxon Word Culm, - in that
Language fignifying Coal, that Place abounding with that fort
of Mines.
That
gi That jftmchffinMixs ditrdfs mfi Nojteiiri. the? Romans Days,
^-apjjarènt,' fr©riif$hecki&| Ruines rèmairit^in a ‘hear adjoin-
iimg-pt i^l!d y rihd'fbmé llnfarirptiehs hat have? been fhund> in Nèigfrt.
bap.rj.ngj £L|ga;:; But, that I im dp - Ju^idfeWhe-Meibpr.y b£
(doTlepiS Church in
"Marionet,..I ^op|y#a|l,no.t ^Jc^ifüffd.'in tranfcribing his Ma-
‘the itöffquitèCl off this‘Town, and n o #
.re^ryei in ^e;L^fayfhere. He ^ p p ^ f it Meived itsDe-
nominat^p^o^^?^^^ÏGh^ as*we find from'® Glofaries of
thé" Rtitijk. Tongue,Ffigniif^s Mimk of^ortè^becahlèdtlslfeatedT
©r^a^RocJc, or ftony Hil l: Thf Ao^^Aall’d it Mancunium, or
Mangum, a^mding'tdthe Varietybf Copjei mentioned by An^
torj^sjihe Emperor, Who! liNfecf aboht an MuridielPand Twenty
¥eayg..^ n ef Chritt : Tlie ThoMlgli-farel Mrrib’d to him, are
frptp J^or^mm g o ® to Calacina(TddbajMr^) -then to Cambodunum,
a Plaice itóvymin4 near Almmdfbury, InToirk/fiire■ then to Mam-
muntïol-Br Manuoïb ($knci&p@f~;j tMe&R4o'CohidtfyyCbngletori in
'Chéjbml^ifd thénf fromCöcèÊtiï{R-ibehefiep)'t'oMancunid, and foto
TfiiisTown of
Z?omahi-y>n6W thëStations^bf thëfRoOT^èdbS® #&rP thêfdW-
ral PLti^öf -Cihiès,!'and principal 'Towns,- before whofé
^i^^p^neiBrila'i^Fhadh^ÖtnêpGitiesWTo^hs,-rhahWoods
;jÉÉ^lWftfTtë8^ies»and Rdidpiëfs?, :#hiehi)?êM ^tóh®f-o#‘Rea
ffehtpto iimid thé fnc'umohWThe' Bordërers. In d/rfporf, dófè
B|hhb‘Töiyp^:: 'Whëhliofher PörWheiiêMnikïïy 'Èöéiiè ëHiüs' have
bèéndf^edkipV' it 'Was built PoürTquafêy.was commonly call’d
Mancaftléi,fó ïl MamèSjilé, being built,1 as may bë prefumed, by
V$nu5 XöpiWjPro-Praetor, and Libtftenantof Britainjm tïlp tan the
Civil Lawyer call’d him, whóftrengthned thefe Northern Parts
yrith Torts and Gaftles. Ti-oih this khbieit Fortrefs. the Place
was afterwards call’d AUpsrty; Aid- for Gut-Pofi in Teutonic^
(from whence, and riot ffdm -the Frhrivb they anciently have
it) was fometimes ufed fór ft City, Wall’d Town, or Fenc’d
Place.
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