Editing King's Cross, London (section)

===Boudica Legend===
The [[Corruption (linguistics)|corruption]] "Battle Bridge" led to a tradition that this was the site of a major battle in AD 60 or 61 between the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] and the [[Iceni]] tribe led by [[Boudica]] (also known as Boadicea).<ref name="thornbury">{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45097 |title=Highbury, Upper Holloway and King's Cross |work=Old and New London: Volume 2 |author=Walter Thornbury |author-link=George Walter Thornbury |year=1878 |pages=273–279 |access-date=11 November 2010 |publisher=British History Online}}</ref> The tradition claims support from the writing of [[Tacitus|Publius Cornelius Tacitus]], an ancient Roman historian, who described the place of action between the Romans and Boudica (''Annals'' 14.31), but without specifying where it was; Thornbury addresses the pros and cons of the identification. [[Lewis Spence]]'s 1937 book ''Boadicea – warrior queen of the Britons'' includes a map showing the supposed positions of the opposing armies. The suggestion that Boudica is buried beneath platform 9 or 10 at King's Cross station seems to have arisen as [[urban folklore]] since the end of [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Museum of London - Learning on Line |url=http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Learning/Learningonline/features/roman/roman_london_7.htm |title=Boudica and King's Cross Station |date=1 March 2009 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301192533/http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Learning/Learningonline/features/roman/roman_london_7.htm |archive-date= 1 March 2009 }}</ref> The area had been settled in Roman times, and a camp here known as The Brill was erroneously attributed to [[Julius Caesar]], who never visited Londinium.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/c/007000000000014u00048000.html Caesar's Camp at Pancras called the Brill (British Library)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225053728/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/crace/c/007000000000014u00048000.html |date=25 December 2022 }}. Bl.uk (30 November 2003). Retrieved on 30 July 2013.</ref> There is still a small area named "Battle Bridge Place" between King's Cross and St Pancras stations, and "Brill Place", a road leading towards Euston from St Pancras station. An art installation named the ''Identified Flying Object'' (IFO) stands in Battle Bridge Place,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingscross.co.uk/ifo |title=IFO (Identified Flying Object) by Jaques Rival at King's Cross |website=www.kingscross.co.uk |access-date=1 September 2017 |archive-date=1 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901201144/https://www.kingscross.co.uk/ifo |url-status=dead }}</ref> part of the RELAY King's Cross Arts programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kingscross.co.uk/art-programme|title=The art programme at King's Cross|website=www.kingscross.co.uk|access-date=1 September 2017|archive-date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901201747/https://www.kingscross.co.uk/art-programme|url-status=dead}}</ref>