Derventio

Derventio is the Latin name of several places, mostly rivers now called Derwent, in Roman Britain:

*Derventio, the Roman fort at Papcastle in Cumbria.
*Derventio, the small Roman town at Little Chester near Derby in Derbyshire.
*Derventio, the Roman fort of Malton in Yorkshire.

*Derventio, the River Derwent in Cumbria.
*Derventio, the River Derwent in Derbyshire.
*Derventio, the River Dart in Devon.
*Derventio, the River Derwent in Yorkshire.
*Derventio, the Roman fort and town one mile south of Stamford Bridge in YorkshireThe name "Derventio" means "a valley thick with oaks" (compare Modern Welsh "derwen" = oak).