The Roman Map of Britain Leucomago Heddington Wick, Calne Without, Wiltshire

Leuco magno (R&C 45) for Leucomago next

    Considering the next entry is Cunetzone for Cunetione (R&C 46) Mildenhall, a site connected by a Roman road is expected. Verlucione Sandy Lane ST9667 of Iter XIV shares both a road, Margary 53, and the element leuco found in river-names such as Lugg, Llugwy, and Loughor. If Verlucione can be considered as a compound of British uer- 'over' as in Verteuia (R&C 14) and a river-name, then the stream* below Sandy Lane is our Leuc-.  We need only look below Sandy Lane on the mago 'plain' of the Leuc- to find the site.
    Heddington Wick (ST9867), originally identified as Verlucio by Stukeley, was a substantial roadside settlement on the river-plain. Downstream, the village Tytherton Lucas (ST9474) would appear to be of different derivation as it was held by a Richard Lucas in 1202.

Heddington Wick (ST9867)

East of Wyatts Barn; Bromham Roman Villa ST9766 EHNMR-643712
South of Studley Farm ST9870 Roman Villa EHNMR-643728

*The stream joining the Marden from the south may have been called the Sambourne in the 13th century and was later called the Whetham stream.
From: 'Calne: Introduction', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 17: Calne (2002), pp. 27-34. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18033. Date accessed: 11 November 2005.