Bannaventa
Benaventa | |
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Settlement | |
 Plan of the site of Bannaventa | |
| Etymology: Celtic: hillfield | |
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.svg)  Bannaventa Position in the county, which now has two not seven smaller divisions. | |
| Coordinates: 52°16′31″N 1°06′08″W / 52.2753°N 1.1022°W | |
| Country | England |
| County | Northamptonshire |
| District | West Northamptonshire |
| Civil Parishes | Norton & Whilton[1][2] |
| Elevation | 120 m (390 ft) |
| The focal Ordnance Survey grid reference is SP612645.[3] | |
Bannaventa or Benaventa was a Romano-British fortified town[4] which was on the Roman road later called Watling Street, which today is here, as in most places, the A5 road. Bannaventa straddles the boundaries of Norton and Whilton, Northamptonshire, England, villages highly clustered 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) and double that away, respectively.
- ^ Map of Civil Parish as at late 20th century and at 19th century inception Univ. of Portsmouth & Others: Vision of Britain
- ^ Map of Civil Parish as at late 20th century and at 19th century inception Univ. of Portsmouth & Others: Vision of Britain
- ^ 'OS' Explorer Map, Rugby & Daventry 222, ISBN 978-0-319-23734-2
- ^ "Bannaventa". Archived from the original on 21 October 2004. Retrieved 25 October 2004. Description and name given. roman-britain.org