Pontes

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Scott Vanderbilt, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 28, 2023 08:32 AM — History

An ancient settlement, identified with modern Staines-upon-Thames.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79642

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.434012, -0.511044

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Staines-upon-Thames (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Pontes (30 BC - AD 640)
Associated Modern Names:
- Staines-upon-Thames (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)

Pontes makes connections with:

Pontes located on Tamesis (river) (unspecified date range)

Pontes receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 G3 Pontes

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Staines

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Scott Vanderbilt, and Tom Elliott, 'Pontes: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79642> [accessed: 04 October 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79642 |title=Places: 79642 (Pontes) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=October 4, 2024 4:50 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

Anthony Durham says:

Sep 02, 2023 10:50 AM

Mileages on iter 7 of the Antonine Itinerary locate Pontibus at or near modern Cascade Bridge, SU978685, at the south end of Virginia Water Lake (where there is now a bridge) and not at Staines, where no one has ever found evidence for a Roman bridge despite much looking.