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Watling Street is a trackway used by the ancient Britons. The route linked Dover and London in the southeast, and continued northwest via St Albans to Wroxeter which was later paved as one of the main Roman roads in Britannia.

With a total length of around 276 miles. The modern A2 and A5 roads are now part of the route of Watling Street.

In the 9th Century it was used as a boundary to separate the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia from the Danelaw, after Guthrum of thr Danes and King Alfred agreed to terms in their treaty. It is also the boundary of modern Warwickshire and Leicestershire which could possibly be a remnant of Alfred and Guthrum's treaty.

The five boroughs which included Nottinghamshire were firmly on the northern and eastern side of Watling Street.