Roman - 43AD - 410
Roman Conquest (3)
Roads were essential to good communication throughout the Roman Empire. This diagram is a section through the Roman Road that once lead from London to Colchester, showing how it was constructed. Much of modern-day Romford Road lies above the road.
Roman Conquest (2)
Romford Road is built over a road first constructed by the Romans.
Roman Conquest (1)
Roman Stone coffin found during excavations for the Jubilee Line extension at West Ham on 29th June, 1994.
Roman coffins. St Marys.
Roman Sarcophagus and Leaden Coffins, in the entrance to East Ham St Mary Magdalene Church, discovered in a nearby field in December 1863. These were at sometime transferred to the British Museum.
