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Ermine Street

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Ermine Street

Ancient road of Roman origin, or possibly earlier, running from London to York, and by extension to southern Scotland. The name is also applied to the Silchester to Gloucester route. Ermine Street, along with Watling Street, and the Icknield and Foss Ways, were specially protected by the King's Peace at least from Norman times and probably earlier.



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CANYON COUNTRY -- Pat Phelan has lived in the same house on Ermine Street for 32 years and has seen neighbors come and go.
CLOUDS LOOM OVER SKY BLUE MESA SCHOOL BUILDING IRKS RESIDENTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In November, the city Planning Commission shunned city traffic engineers' recommendations to extend Ermine Street in favor of its residents' pleas to keep the dead-end street as is.
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Under pressure from residents of Ermine Street - initially slated to be extended to serve the new project - the commission agreed to close their street and force traffic to other outlets.
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