The Long Lane is the medieval and modern name of the Roman road that ran almost due westwards from
Derventio, the Roman fort and vicus in the suburbs of modern
Derby, through
Derbyshire to
Rocester (where there was a Roman settlement) and
Draycott in the Moors. From that point onwards the same road – no longer called "The Long Lane" – continued through
Staffordshire to
Chesterton near
Newcastle-under-Lyme. Its destination was
Middlewich (Latin Salinae), from which the important city of
Chester (Latin Deva) was in easy reach.