Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burnt Walls like this:

BURNT-WALLS, the supposed site of the ancient Benavenna, in Northamptonshire; under Borough hill, ½ a mile S of Daventry. It comprises about 6 acres; and has yielded fragments of ancient buildings and other relics.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Burnt Walls by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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