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Gray and Stubbings, in Cambridge Street Names, CUP, 2000, ISBN 0521 789567, say that the name Via Devana was 'mistakenly given by antiquarians who believed it was part of a road that led from Colchester to Chester'. (PDF extract) Not having access to the whole book, I don't know what evidence they have for this, but I think it's generally true that the Roman roads were lost for centuries and then only named after they were rediscovered. Nobody knows their original names or routes for certain. Thomas Codrington's Roman Roads in Britain (1903) [1] says the name Via Devana was coined by a Dr Mason, "Woodwardian Professor about 1750" [p137]. --Heron 17:17, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
