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Survey of English Place-Names

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Big Fenton

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Great Fenton 1831 Bry
  • tenement called Fenton's 1752 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Great Fenton 1831 Bry, tenement called Fenton 's 1752 Sheaf , apparently from a surname Fenton .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site