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Bury New Road roughly follows the line of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] road connecting forts at ''[[Mamucium]]'' ([[Manchester]]) and ''[[Bremetennacum]]'' ([[Ribchester]]). It is possible that a Roman fort or encampment was built at "Castle Hill", near the [[Salford, Greater Manchester|Salford]] border, mirroring an encampment on Rainsough Hill equidistant from the Roman road.<ref>[httphttps://www.angelfire.com/ab4/LocalHistory/history/index.html Prestwich History] Retrieved 20 December 2007</ref> John Booker B.A., 19th century author and curate of the parish church, considered these were agrarian camps built to protect cattle kept in the woods of [[Broughton, Greater Manchester|Broughton]] and [[Kersal]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Booker|first=John|title=Memorials of the Church in Prestwich: Derived Chiefly from Unpublished and Authentic Sources|publisher=Simms and Dinham|year=1852|place=Manchester|edition=abridged|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBIHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88-IA1}}