Bannaventa

Bannaventa
Benaventa
Settlement
Plan of the site of Bannaventa
Etymology: Celtic: hillfield
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 / 52.2753; -1.1022
CountryEngland
CountyNorthamptonshire
DistrictWest Northamptonshire
Civil ParishesNorton & Whilton
Elevation
120 m (390 ft)
The focal Ordnance Survey grid reference is SP612645.

Bannaventa or Benaventa was a Romano-British fortified town 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.

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